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There are approximately 333 people named Dole in the UK. That makes it the 12,426th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 5 are named Dole.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

Related and similar surnames

Deal
Deale
Dohl
Doleh
Dolde
Dolce
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Dold
Doal
Dolee
Dolea
Dolei
Doall
Doahl
Dohlea
Doleo
Dolae
Dola
Doaley
Dohley
Dohls
Doled
Dohlie
Doleas
Dohla
Dohli
Doalo
Doali

The Dole surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) A town in France; Dowyll, Welsh, shady, dark.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DOLE. 1. Dole or doole is an eastern and southern provincialism for a boundary mark, whether an earthen mound or a post of stone or wood. In the western counties it means alow, flat, place. Halliw. 2. Dol, a Avell known town in Brittany. Doll, Dolle, De Doll. H.R.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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