# Dollard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dollard/  
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 | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,555 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,970 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 198,550 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.5% (1,420 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Dullard |

## Etymology

*English: Nickname for a dull or stupid person, from dull + -ard; or an adaptation of Irish Ó Dhollaird. *Other languages: can be related to pain/suffering, similar to Dolores; can be about mourning (see in Filae); or it can derive from rivers named Dollart or Dullaert (Middle Dutch “madman, savage”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dollard 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dollard in the United States.

## People named Dollard

- John Dollard, American psychologist (1900-1980)

## Similar surnames

Dillard, Dollarhide, Dilworth.

## 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.