# Dole (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dole/  
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 | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,271 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,884 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 94,389 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.4% (3,351 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [doʊ̯ɫ], 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the archaic noun dole (“portion, share”). * As a French surname, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler (“to regret”), from Latin doleo (“to hurt”). * Also as a French surname, Americanized from Daul.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dole 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dole in the United States and Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.

## People named Dole

- Bob Dole, American politician (1923–2021)
- Elizabeth Dole, American politician
- Sanford B. Dole, American judge (1844-1926)
- James Dole, American industrialist who developed the Hawaiian pineapple industry; founder of the Hawai
- Nathan Haskell Dole, American writer and translator (1852–1935)

## Similar surnames

Doyle, Dale, Dooley, Doll, Dolly, Deol, Dowell, Dailey, Daly, Daley, Dahl, Deal.

## 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.