Last Name DOLE

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Meaning	Local: Of the dole, i.e. the dole, deal, or portion, a division of land. Also to set out or allot... a boundary mark, either a post or a mound of earth. A piece of heath or common off which only one person has a right to cut fuel; a hamlet in the parish of Bishop Thornton, West Riding Yorks. Local: A town in France; 'Dowyll,' Welsh, shady, dark.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Romanian, Hungarian

Rank	8,973 (2000 US census)	8,306 (1990 US census)

Count	3,351 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

88.39%, or 2962 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.25%, or 109 total occurrences, as black,
2.54%, or 85 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.63%, or 21 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.18%, or 73 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
3.01%, or 101 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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...

American Surnames

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Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...