Dölle
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from dialectal 'ditch, trench'; also from Wendish dele(n)ki 'valley places'
Dölle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 63K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 703K
- NLNetherlands1 in 143K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dölle itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 164 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 63K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Dolle in US United States, DE Germany, NL Netherlands and 2 more and Doelle in IT Italy, IE Ireland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from dialectal 'ditch, trench'; also from Wendish dele(n)ki 'valley places'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Dölle 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 63K | listed | Dolle | 72 |
| US United States | 473 | 1 in 703K | 583 | Dolle | 164 |
| NL Netherlands | 121 | 1 in 143K | 121 | Dolle | 31 |
| IT Italy | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 898K | — | Doelle | 2 |
| BE Belgium | 48 | 1 in 244K | 48 | Dolle | 5 |
| CH Switzerland | 27 | 1 in 311K | 27 | Dolle | 8 |
| IE Ireland | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Doelle | 1 |
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 2000; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)
- Christine Dölleb. 1941DEGerman commercial artist, caricaturist and author
- Isabelle Dölleb. 1999DEGerman handball player
- Mariette DölleNLDutch museum director
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 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 19 | #37,994 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #158,411 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Dölle mean, and where does it come from?
- from dialectal 'ditch, trench'; also from Wendish dele(n)ki 'valley places' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- In which country does Dölle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Dölle in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dolle.
- How common is the name Dölle?
- In the United States, the national register counted 473 people named Dölle in 2010, about 1 in 703 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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dölle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.