Dahlén History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany
Norway

The origin of the distinguished Dahlén family can be traced to the rugged Scandinavian country of Norway. The surname Dahlén was given to someone who lived in a valley or among several valleys. It was originally derived from the word Old Norse word dalr, which means valley, and is a cognate of the English surname Dale.

Dahlén Ranking

In the United States, the name Dahlén is the 16,582^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Dahlén migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dahlén Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Heinrich Dahlen, age 27, who arrived in America in 1776
Heinrich Dahlen, who arrived in America in 1780 2

Dahlén Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Dahlen, aged 26, who arrived in Missouri in 1845 2
Sophie Dahlen, who settled in Texas in 1852
Joh Dahlen, who landed in America in 1853 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Dahlén (post 1700) +

William Frederick Dahlen (1870-1950), nicknamed "Bad Bill," an American Major League Baseball shortstop and manager, active from 1891 to 1913
Neal Dahlen, American retired football administrator, who worked for San Francisco 49ers (1979-1996), and the Denver Broncos (1996-2003), he earned a record seven Super Bowl rings
A. N. Dahlen, American politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives 23rd District, 1891-92 3
Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (b. 1967), Swedish retired ice hockey player
Carl Dahlén (1770-1851), Swedish ballet dancer and choreographer
Andreas Dahlén (b. 1982), Swedish footballer

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html