Dalen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dalen
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Lastname Dalen is a variation of Diller. To dill is a Northernism meaning to finish, and both this name and Dillman may have been derived from some handicraft.

Of the Dales.

Lastname is a variant of Dille. Descendant of Dill or Dila meaning "spoiler".

Lastname is a variant form of the Dillon. Descendant of little Dill or Dillo meaning "spoiler".

Dalen is the variant form of Dillon. The common ancestor of the noble Dillons of Ireland was Henry Dillon, who settled in that country in the year 1183. King John, while Earl of Mortain, gave him immense tracts of land about Drumrany, which were afterwards collectively known as Dillon's country. See Geneal.

Hist. of the Fam. of Brabazon. Nothing seems to be known of the ancestors of this personage or of the origin of the name.

How popular is Dalen?

Dalen is common in Norway, United States, Philippines, Netherlands, Canada.

Dalen is ranked 76666 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dalens plummeted by 1.48 per cent to 665 since 2000 and slipped by 1947 spots and ranked at 34149. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.68 95.56
Dalen is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Norway which signifies that it is originated from Norway. Around 6389 people have been found who wears Dalen as their family name. Dalen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Dalen:
156 Norway2,695
23,962 United States1,436
13,750 Philippines1,274
Countries with hundreds of Dalen:
6,841 Netherlands419
30,257 Canada111
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
128,621 Indonesia64
2,431 Suriname58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
105,602 Nigeria49
108,338 Germany41
75,291 South Africa38
25,646 Sweden27
7,365 Taiwan22
474,784 India17
63,542 Papua New Guinea16
26,475 Finland14
5,802 Cambodia13
28,556 Denmark13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
170,599 England9
493,300 Russia6
553,295 Thailand6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

23 years old collier A.P. Dalen who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on September 11, 1865 by City Of New York put out from Liverpool & Queenstown. Laborer Jean-B. Dalen, Franz Dalen (18), Laborer M. Dalen, Katharina Dalen (24) Servant, are other Dalen that migrated to US.

Dalen Namesakes

  • Patricia van Dalen, Miami based visual artist, with a career that spans over thirty five years

Dalen Namesakes

  • Patricia van Dalen, Miami based visual artist, with a career that spans over thirty five years

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