# Dallas (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dallas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,418 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,761 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,782 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.9% (8,811 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdæləs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

# The Texas city was named after George M. Dallas, vice president to Polk; family name is evolved from dalhous (13th c.), meaning "dweller at the house in the dale," from dale + house. # The Scottish place-name is from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh dôl (“meadow, haugh”) + gwas (“abode”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dallas in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dallas in the United States.

## People named Dallas

- Josh Dallas, American actor
- Matt Dallas, American actor
- Cameron Dallas, American Internet personality (born 1994)
- Alexander J. Dallas, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1759-1817)

## Similar surnames

Dills, Dales, Dials, Deluca, Deloach, Delk, Delucia, Dahlke, Dalessio, Dolce, Doles, Dalke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.