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Dolling Family History

Dolling Surname Meaning

From an unrecorded Middle English word *dolling, *douling, or *dulling meaning ‘dull person’. Compare Doll. Post-medieval examples of the name may also have arisen from a late assimilation of rl to ll in Dorling, a variant of Darling.

Samuel Dorling 1770 is identical with Samuel Dolling 1782 in Parish Registers (West Stow, Suffolk).

Here the pronunciation of the first syllable of Dolling may alternatively be with a short o like that in modern doll.

Alternatively, it may be a post-medieval variant of Dowland.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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Where is the Dolling family from?

You can see how Dolling families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Dolling family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Dolling families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 140 Dolling families living in London. This was about 29% of all the recorded Dolling's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Dolling families in 1891.
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What did your Dolling ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Incapacitated and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Dolling. 24% of Dolling men worked as an Incapacitated and 70% of Dolling women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Dolling were General Labourer and Domestic.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Incapacitated
    24%
  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    15%
  • Plasterer
    15%
  • General Labourer
    10%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    70%
  • Incapacitated
    3%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    3%
  • Domestic
    3%

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Passenger Lists

There are 1,000 immigration records available for the last name Dolling. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Dolling. For the veterans among your Dolling ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Dolling lifespan?

Between 1963 and 2003, in the United States, Dolling life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1980, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Dolling in 1963 was 73, and 75 in 2003.

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