Doleman

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Doleman is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Variant of Dolman.

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 189K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 634K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 501K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

525 people, 2010

Sources
161 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 189K (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Doleman: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Doleman
  1. Frenchdolimansense 2(inferred from the name graph)via Dolman
  2. Ottoman Turkishطولامانdolaman“robe”(inferred from the name graph)via Dolman
  3. Ottoman Turkish rootطولامقdolamak“to wrap around”(inferred from the name graph)via Dolman

Steps marked ◐ come from the entry for the form named above them, not from this name's own sources.

Variant of Dolman.

Sources 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Doleman counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Doleman is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States5251 in 634K567Doleman161
GB United Kingdom≈350 est.≈1 in 189K—Doleman85
NG Nigeria≈81 est.≈1 in 2.6M—Doleman2
CA Canada≈73 est.≈1 in 517K—Doleman48
DE Germany≈52 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Doleman6
GT Guatemala≈34 est.≈1 in 501K—Doleman1
NZ New Zealand≈7 est.≈1 in 668K—Doleman14

525 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Alexander Doleman, b. 1836William Doleman, b. 1838Guy Doleman, b. 1923Mick Doleman, b. 1955Chris Doleman, b. 1961Matthew Doleman, b. 1988Andrew Doleman, b. 1990James Doleman, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Doleman
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020567#41,393
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010525#41,426
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000484#42,217
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Doleman mean, and where does it come from?
Variant of Dolman. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.
In which country does Doleman have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 525 people named Doleman, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled doleman.
How common is the name Doleman?
In the United States, the national register counted 525 people named Doleman in 2010, about 1 in 634 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Doleman”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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