Find out how popular the last name Dolezal is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dolezal.

Dolezal, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dolezal surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dolezal in America

Dolezal is the 12285th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dolezal surname appeared 2,531 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Dolezal.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dolezal to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dolezal

The surname Dolezal originated in the Czech Republic during the medieval period. It is derived from the Old Czech word "dolezati," which means "to lie down or recline." This suggests that the name may have originally referred to someone who lived or worked in a recumbent position, such as a grave digger or miner.

Dolezal is a variant spelling of the Czech surname Dolezal, which was first recorded in the 13th century. The name appears in various medieval records and manuscripts, including the Codex Diplomaticus et Epistolaris Regni Bohemiae, a collection of historical documents from the Kingdom of Bohemia.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Jan Dolezal, a prominent merchant and landowner who lived in Prague in the late 15th century. Another notable figure was Vaclav Dolezal, a Czech composer and organist who lived from 1643 to 1701.

In the 18th century, the name Dolezal was associated with several villages and towns in the Czech lands, including Dolezal (now part of Jaromer) and Dolezalov (now part of Tabor). These place names likely derived from the surname itself.

Among famous individuals with the surname Dolezal, one can mention Frantisek Dolezal (1835-1901), a Czech botanist and teacher who specialized in the study of mosses. Another notable bearer of the name was Ludvik Dolezal (1859-1933), a Czech geologist and explorer who conducted extensive research in the Carpathian Mountains.

Other prominent Dolezals include Edvard Dolezal (1876-1944), a Czech engineer and inventor who contributed to the development of early television technology, and Frantisek Dolezal (1913-2003), a Czech painter and graphic artist known for his landscape and portrait works.

While the surname Dolezal is most common in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it has also been found in other parts of Europe and North America, likely due to migration patterns over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dolezal

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dolezal.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dolezal was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dolezal has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dolezal was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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