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    The surname Dallas

    A place surname, carried by 9,418 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdæləs/ 2 syllables Soundex D420 Also a first name

    Dallas: #3,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dallas #3,761, 9,418 people Dallas: #3,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dallas #3,761, 9,418 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dallas is more common than 97.7% of them.

    Origin

    # 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”).

    Dallas is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 9,418 people named Dallas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,782 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,811.

    #3,761
    rank among US surnames
    9,418
    people in 2010
    3.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #3,698)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,752Mundy9,43932,710
    #3,753Timm9,43332,730
    #3,754Swisher9,43132,737
    #3,755Hardman9,43032,741
    #3,757Toler9,42732,751
    #3,758Cohn9,42632,755
    #3,759Seaton9,42332,765

    Who is named Dallas

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    63% of people named Dallas identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dallass

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Josh Dallas
      American actor, born 1978
    • Matt Dallas
      American actor, born 1982
    • Cameron Dallas
      American Internet personality (born 1994)
    • Alexander J. Dallas
      6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1759-1817)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Dallas

    Dallas has the Soundex code D420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D420.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dallas come from?
    # 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”).
    How common is the surname Dallas?
    9,418 people in the United States had the surname Dallas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,782 Americans. It ranked 3,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dallas?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Dallas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dallas?
    Josh Dallas, American actor, followed by Matt Dallas.
    Where is the surname Dallas most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dallas in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Dallas?
    Dallas is /ˈdæləs/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Dallas?
    Dallas is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dallas getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,811 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,418 in 2010, up 6.9%.
    Is Dallas also a first name?
    Yes. Dallas is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.