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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Altered spelling of Dutch Dolens (see Dollens).
  • Probably an Americanized form of the Slovenian surnames Dolenc, variant of Dolenjec, a habitational name for someone from the Dolenjska region of southern Slovenia.

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