Dallas is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dallas
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Watered valley. Dail means "field, meadow, plain, valley" while uis means "water." Dallas or Dollas is in county Elgin.

Sir William de Doleys, knight, was living in 1286 and in 1367 appears John de Dolais, Thane of Cromdale. About half a century later, the barony of Cantray came into the possession of one of the family, whose descendant, James Dallas, Laird of Cantray, was killed at Culloden. A scion of this branch.

Robert Charles Dallas, of Dallas Castle, Jamaica, Esq., native of Scotland, had int. al. Robert Charles (father of Sir George Dallas, Bart., and of Sir Robert Dallas, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of England); Alexander James Dallas, Secretary of the Treasury of the USA; and a daughter Charlotte, wife of Captain Byron, R.N. and mother of the present Lord Byron.

The secretary, who died in 1817, had three sons; viz.,
(1) Comodore Alexander James Dallas, U.S.N., ob. 1844;
(2) George Mifflin Dallas, of whom below;
(3) Judge Trevanion Barlow Dallas, of Pittsburg, Pa. ob. 1841

The Hon. George M. Dallas was born in Philadelphia in 1792. In1831, he was lected a Senator of the US; in 1837, appointed Enviy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the COurt of St. Petesburg; from 1845 to 1849, he filled the high office of Vice-President of the United States of America, and ex officio President of the Senate; and he now represents his country at the Court of St. James. He married Sophia, daughter of Philip Nicklin, Esq., by his wife Juliana, daughter of Chief Justice B. Chew, and has issue.

One who came from the old barony of Dallas, i.e., place on the plain, in Moray.

Dallas is a form of Dulles. One who came from the village of Dulas meaning "dark river," in Herefordshire; dweller near the Dulas River, in England.

A parish in county of Moray. The name is traced by Douglas to the year 1298, as De Dallas. Other ancient orthographies are De Doleys and Dollas.

How popular is Dallas?

Dallas is common in United States, England, Greece, Scotland, Australia, Jamaica, Canada, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, France, Nigeria, Egypt, Malawi.

Dallas is ranked 27305 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dallas bearers increased by 6.89 per cent in 2010 US census to 9418 since 2000, the surname slipped by 63 spots and ranked at 3761. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 63.38 65.07
Black 28.14 27.76
Hispanic or Latino 2.77 2.35
Others 2.48 1.94
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.38 2.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.85 0.69
Dallas is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Jamaica lie ahead in terms of density. Around 19697 people have been found who wears Dallas as their family name. Dallas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Dallas:
3,822 United States11,796
Countries with thousands of Dallas:
5,350 England1,334
1,069 Greece1,286
Countries with hundreds of Dallas:
1,134 Scotland717
5,039 Australia696
575 Jamaica684
6,922 Canada627
908 Northern Ireland391
2,182 New Zealand362
17,029 South Africa361
51,549 France194
40,456 Nigeria188
28,715 Egypt183
14,293 Malawi131
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
34,985 Tanzania97
41,795 Argentina73
77,258 Germany68
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
137,426 Brazil39
9,538 Haiti38
13,981 Venezuela34
160,165 Philippines24
145,665 DR Congo21
5,406 Paraguay20
10,755 Wales20
37,550 Sweden19
3,437 Honduras17
572 Cayman Islands14
17,893 Liberia14
552,550 India13
17,306 Colombia11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
1,005 Bermuda10
4,148 Costa Rica10
426,148 Thailand10
11,581 Ghana9
30,726 Qatar9
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
1,665 United States Virgin Islands9
118,056 Cameroon8
17,617 Albania7
11,702 China6
991 Gibraltar6
121,657 Italy6
118,663 Papua New Guinea6
77,571 Switzerland6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Dallas was 15 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 24, 1847. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as workman and took Glenmore from Belfast. Thomas Dallas, aged 20, Thomas Dallas, aged 20, are other Dallas that migrated to US.

From Germany

25 years old farmer Joseph Dallas who was residing in Baden migrated to USA on March 20, 1851 by Samuel M Fox put out from Havre. J. Dallas (74) Farmer, Adolph Dallas, aged 8, 6 years old Freidr. Dallas, Gustav Dallas, aged 17, Gustav Dallas (49) Laborer, Gutte Dallas, Hanne Dallas, aged 11 months old, 5 years old Julius Dallas, are others that migrated to US.

Dallas Namesakes

  • Alexander Grant Dallas, Chief Factor
  • Claude Dallas, Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr
  • Charles Dallas, last East India Company Governor of St
  • Robert Dallas, English judge, of a Scottish family
  • Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Scottish journalist and author
  • George M. Dallas, American politician and diplomat
  • William Dallas, British zoologist and curator
  • Brett Dallas, Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
  • Roderic Dallas, Australian fighter ace of World War I. His score of aerial victories is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian
  • Matt Dallas, American actor
  • Hugh Dallas, Scottish former football referee

Dallas Namesakes

  • Alexander Grant Dallas, Chief Factor
  • Claude Dallas, Claude Lafayette Dallas, Jr
  • Charles Dallas, last East India Company Governor of St
  • Robert Dallas, English judge, of a Scottish family
  • Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Scottish journalist and author
  • George M. Dallas, American politician and diplomat
  • William Dallas, British zoologist and curator
  • Brett Dallas, Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s
  • Roderic Dallas, Australian fighter ace of World War I. His score of aerial victories is generally regarded as the second-highest by an Australian
  • Matt Dallas, American actor
  • Hugh Dallas, Scottish former football referee

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