The Dallas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,418 people carried this name — #3,761 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 8,811 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 6 births for the Dallas name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Dallas.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Gers.
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 61 people named Dallas 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 City of Buenos Aires.
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 print
Dallas in American newspapers,
1844–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 920,805 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dallas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Robert Dallas 1756–1824 · judge -
Robert Dallas 1756–1824 · judge
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Peter Dallas d. 2024 · announcer
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Sophia Dallas d. 1808
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Elizabeth Sutherland Dallas d. 1872
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Mabel Alice Brooke d. 1954
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dallas.
When the index is not enough
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