The Dollar surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,414 people carried this name — #5,429 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,289 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dollar surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Doller’.

An early record he cites: Laurence de Doller, Devon, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Dollar and Doller.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 247 · public domain.

In print

Dollar in American newspapers,
1883–1925.

Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Dollar
The Grenada Sentinel 1883-09-08
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Dollar
Evening Star 1925-05-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Dollar
The Washington Times 1922-02-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,014 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dollar in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

3,618 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dollar. The most, 674, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 1,227
New South Wales 980
Victoria 808
South Australia 245
ACT (Canberra) 112
Western Australia 112
Tasmania 73

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dollar.

Who carried it

People named Dollar,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Dollar
    Robert Dollar 1844–1932 · businessperson
  • Robert Dollar
    Robert Dollar 1844–1932 · businessperson
  • William Dollar
    William Dollar 1907–1986 · choreographer
  • Georg Dollar 1660–1700 · artist
  • Peter Dollar 1847–1943 · architect
  • Peter Dollar 1847–1943 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dollar,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States381 records

381 records of the Dollar name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 234
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 26
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Emory J. Dollar

    Born 1924 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Concord Baptist Cemetery, Cullman, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francesca Dollar

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Mercury from Havre, aged 19; farmer. From Baden, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William A. H. Dollar

    Born 1932; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, company aidman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 381 records for Dollar in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Dollar name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Ebenezer Dollar

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Elphinstone, sailing from Sheerness in 1842. Native of Tipton, Staffordshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Hay Dollar

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Malabar, aged 22; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Margery Dollar

    Of Chewton, Victoria; died 1899.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Dollar in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand7 records

7 records of the Dollar name in New Zealand Marlborough District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Zillah Alexandra Dollar

    Died 1992, aged 89; buried at Seddon Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Alice Blanche Dollar

    Died 1955, aged 81; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Scotland Dollar

    Died 1945, aged 48; buried at Seddon Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Dollar in New Zealand.

Counts: Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Dollar name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Manuel Dollar

    Died 1934; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mary Dollar

    Buried in 1953 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 2 of 4 records for Dollar in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Dollar name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Margaret Dollar

    Buried in 1913 at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 66.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Annie Dollar

    Died 1969, aged 83; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Daniel Dollar

    Died 1889, aged 60; buried at Logie Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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