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Dal Family History

Dal Name Meaning
Scandinavian, chiefly Danish and Norwegian: habitational name from a common place name, the name of several farmsteads, derived from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’. Compare Dahl.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

53,293 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Dal
5,555 Census and Voter Lists
4,938 Immigration Records
6,313 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
35,510 Member Family Trees
977 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Dal Families

  • Number of Dal families
     3 - 4
     2 - 2
     1
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Dal families
     2 - 1
     2 - 1
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Dal last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Dal Family Origin

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Dal Immigration Information

from the New York Passenger Lists

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Average Life Expectancy for Dal

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Dal Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

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Dal Civil War Service Records

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