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    The surname Dollar

    A surname, carried by 6,414 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D460

    Dollar: #5,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dollar #5,429, 6,414 people Dollar: #5,429 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dollar #5,429, 6,414 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dollar is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,414 people named Dollar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,136 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,289.

    #5,429
    rank among US surnames
    6,414
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,120)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,425Saechao6,41948,099
    #5,427Medlock6,41648,121
    #5,428Gammon6,41548,129
    #5,429Bolling6,41448,136
    #5,431Mumford6,41348,144

    Who is named Dollar

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

    89% of people named Dollar identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dollars

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Aubrey Dollar
      American actress, born 1980
    • Creflo Dollar
      American pastor, born 1962
    • Caroline Dollar
      American actress, born 1983
    • Kristi Myst
      American pornographic actress, born 1973

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dollar

    Dollar has the Soundex code D460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D460.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dollar come from?
    From Scottish Gaelic Dolair (in Scotland).
    How common is the surname Dollar?
    6,414 people in the United States had the surname Dollar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,136 Americans. It ranked 5,429th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dollar?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dollar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dollar?
    Aubrey Dollar, American actress, followed by Creflo Dollar.
    Where is the surname Dollar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dollar in the United States.
    Is the surname Dollar getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,289 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,414 in 2010, up 2.0%.