How common is the surname Dolezal?

2,531 people in the United States had the surname Dolezal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,986 Americans. It ranked 12,285th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dolezal?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dolezal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dolezal?

Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Austro-Hungarian physician and entomologist (1827-1859).

Where is the surname Dolezal most common?

Wikidata records people named Dolezal in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Dolezal getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,531 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Dolezal

A Czech surname, carried by 2,531 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D424

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dolezal is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Doležal.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,531 people named Dolezal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,986 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,537.

#12,285

rank among US surnames

2,531

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,388)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,276	Altizer	2,533	121,889
#12,279	Sparling	2,532	121,937
#12,285	Dolezal	2,531	121,986
#12,289	Valiente	2,530	122,034
#12,292	Spillers	2,529	122,082

Who is named Dolezal

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

95% of people named Dolezal identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dolezals

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Ludwig Doleschall
Austro-Hungarian physician and entomologist (1827-1859)

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dolezal come from?: Borrowed from Czech Doležal.
How common is the surname Dolezal?: 2,531 people in the United States had the surname Dolezal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,986 Americans. It ranked 12,285th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dolezal?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dolezal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dolezal?: Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Austro-Hungarian physician and entomologist (1827-1859).
Where is the surname Dolezal most common?: Wikidata records people named Dolezal in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Dolezal getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,537 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,531 in 2010, down 0.2%.