How common is the surname Dolan?

27,329 people in the United States had the surname Dolan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,297 Americans. It ranked 1,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dolan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dolan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dolan?

Timothy M. Dolan, American Catholic cardinal, Archibishop of New York (1950–), followed by Tom Dolan.

Where is the surname Dolan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dolan in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Dolan?

Dolan is /ˈdoʊlən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dolan getting more or less common?

More common. 27,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,329 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Dolan

An Irish surname, carried by 27,329 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdoʊlən/ 2 syllables Soundex D450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dolan is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Devlin.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,329 people named Dolan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,297 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 27,252.

#1,283

rank among US surnames

27,329

people in 2010

9.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,179)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,274	Coronado	27,626	11,176
#1,275	Olvera	27,551	11,206
#1,276	Sykes	27,546	11,208
#1,277	Manuel	27,529	11,215
#1,278	Burks	27,523	11,218
#1,279	Chin	27,487	11,232
#1,280	Quiroz	27,452	11,247

Who is named Dolan

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

95% of people named Dolan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dolans

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Timothy M. Dolan
American Catholic cardinal, Archibishop of New York (1950–)
Tom Dolan
American swimmer, born 1975
Monica Dolan
British actress, born 1969
Charles Dolan
American billionaire businessman (1926–2024)
Daniel Dolan
American Sedevacantist bishop (1951–2022)
John Dolan
American Catholic prelate, born 1962
Louise Dolan
American mathematical physicist, born 1950
Simon Dolan
British businessman, entrepreneur and racing driver, born 1969
Ellen Dolan
American actress, born 1955
Robert E. Dolan
American composer (1908–1972)
Paul Dolan
British behavioural scientist, born 1968
Anne Nagel
Actress (1915-1966)

Notable Dolans come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Doland

Surnames that sound like Dolan

Dolan has the Soundex code D450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D450.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dolan come from?: From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Devlin.
How common is the surname Dolan?: 27,329 people in the United States had the surname Dolan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,297 Americans. It ranked 1,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dolan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dolan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dolan?: Timothy M. Dolan, American Catholic cardinal, Archibishop of New York (1950–), followed by Tom Dolan.
Where is the surname Dolan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dolan in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Dolan?: Dolan is /ˈdoʊlən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Dolan getting more or less common?: More common. 27,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,329 in 2010, up 0.3%.
What are other spellings of Dolan?: Doland.