How common is the last name Dale?

28,382 people in the United States have the last name Dale, about 1 in 10,531. It ranks #1,219 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DALE

#1,219

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
28,382
About
1 in 10,531
This common or more
42%
Who bears it

Of the 28,382 people with the last name Dale, 74.8% reported their origin as White, 14.4% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dale

#1,217 Camp · 28,427#1,218 Connor · 28,409#1,220 England · 28,381#1,221 Ratliff · 28,350

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dale, most common first.

#1,128 Daly · 30,517#1,414 Daley · 24,507#16,706 Dahle · 1,664#19,315 Dall · 1,402#28,052 Daleo · 906#53,634 Dalo · 416#66,499 Dal · 321#80,289 Dali · 255

Also a first name

As a first name, Dale ranks #296 of 53,615, with 188,893 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1958, with 9,087 births. See Dale as a first name

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