Dale Family History
- Dale Name Meaning
- English: from Middle English dale ‘dale’, ‘valley’ (Old English dæl, reinforced in northern England by the cognate Old Norse dalr), a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, or a habitational name from any of the numerous minor places named with this word, such as Dale in Cumbria and Yorkshire. Irish: possibly in some cases of English origin, but otherwise an Anglicized form of Gaelic Dall, a byname meaning ‘blind’. Norwegian: habitational name from a farm named from Old Norse dali, the dative case of dalr ‘valley’. It is a common name in Norway, especially western Norway, and is also found in Sweden. Americanized spelling of German Dahl.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
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Number of Dale families
 182 - 361  61 - 181 |
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dale families
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1,068 - 2,134 357 - 1,067 |
1 - 356 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dale families
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113 - 224 38 - 112 |
1 - 37 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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