The Dale surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 29,757 people carried this name — #1,188 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,910 people counted. That is up 3% from 28,994 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Dale.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Calvados.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 66 people named Dale live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
65 people named Dale live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
3,401 people named Dale are counted in Norway and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dale in American newspapers,
1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Dale,
with a public archive behind them.
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John L. Dale d. 1980 · politician -
Thomas Dale d. 1619 · navigator -
Matt Dale d. 2023 · writer
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Dorothy Dale d. 1618
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Jean Dale d. 1951
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Georgina Amelia Dale d. 1928
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dale.
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