Last Name DALRYMPLE

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Meaning	Local: Of Dalrymple, lands situated in Ayrshire, spelt in early records Dalrumpill or Dalrumpyl. The ancestors of the earls of Stair took their surname therefrom. Local: from the barony of Dalrymple in Ayrshire. The family are descended from Adam de Dalrymple. Local: Taken from the lands and barony of Dalrymple, in Ayrshire, Scotland. The name is said to be a corruption of the Gaelic 'Dale-roi-milleadh,' which signifies "the valley of the slaughter of kings," and the place was so called from a battle fought there before the Christian era, in which two kings, Fergus and Coilus, were slain. According to others, it signifies "the valley of the crooked pool." I think the name signifies "the valley on the margin of the pool," from the Welsh 'Dol,' a valley; 'rhim,' the edge or border, and 'pwll,' a pool. It is very nearly the same in Gaelic; 'Dail,' a vale, 'troimh,' by, along the whole extent, and 'poll,' a small lake.

Origin	English, Scottish, Irish, Kenyan

Rank	4,826 (2000 US census)	5,346 (1990 US census)

Count	6,674 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.34%, or 6163 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.82%, or 255 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 29 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 27 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 93 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.6%, or 107 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...