# Dolby (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dolby/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,401 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,321 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 220,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (1,398 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdoʊl.bi/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dolby 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dolby in the United States.

## People named Dolby

- Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor of the Dolby noise reduction system (1933-2013)

## Similar surnames

Dalby, Delp, Dealba, Delph, Delva, Dolph, Delap, Delapp, Dolloff.

## 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.