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dial Name Meaning and History

  1. English: of uncertain origin; possibly an altered form of Irish Doyle. Compare Dyal.
  2. Name found among people of Indian origin in Guyana and Trinidad: altered spelling of Dayal. This spelling is found in Indian names occasionally when -dial is the final element of a compound personal name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dial Families in the US in 1920
Number of dial families
 71-139
 24-70		 1-23
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Dial Family veronicatroutt 1
Mattie Ester Williams DIAL GAILBRO 5
Dials in West Virginia William A. Dial 45
Searching for Cora A. Dial - Gambier Ohio diane_bode 9
Dial, Doyle, Ashworth rophe771 18
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family tree on Dials. ANNAChapman13 15
Dial Family in NC, TN, or KY????? Brenda Baker 4
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Thomas Dial Terrie Dial-Brooks 2
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