Origin of my last name?

Question

My last name is Dolmus and very uncommon. I've searched for it in ancestry.com and other sites but the people that have it are German or Dutch and maybe Hungarian but it is a Turkish word and I'm Hispanic so that confuses me. Can anybody help me figure out the origin?

Answer 1

Dolmus might be a variation in spelling of an altogether different name, such as Dalmas, which is a more common name. It happens *often* that the original family name is spelled in several different ways.

From ancestry.com's "Spanish-American Family History Guide":

Dalmas
Dalmasi
Dalmaso
Dalmasso
Dalmastro
Dalmasy
Dalmau
Dalmay
Dalonzo
Dalozo

Answer 2

I would go beck to the town that your family came form. I would check their town records for any one that settled there and compare names and dates with the known people in your family. Trace it back to make a real determination. Names can become abbreviated, Americanized, I have seen names be simplified. The fact that you are Hispanic and the name it self is German or Dutch. Your direct bloodline from with in that family was someone adopted maybe. Also maybe they moved and the name was abbreviated. I know in my husbands name is Swiss. They moved to Germany then to America and now the surname is known as a German name it so well know in Germany we did not know that is was Swiss until we did more digging. Good Luck to you.

Answer 3

Aren't Dolmas those stuffed grape leaf things? That would be the Turk/Greek part.

I don't know about the Hispanic part.

Peace.

Answer 4

Scottish,

Answer 5

To me, Dolmus sounds like an irish name

Answer 6

You may have one of those mixed into your father's history somewhere.

Answer 7

Ask your father! It's his surname.

Answer 8

if nothing else, it may possibly be finnish. but most likely not