The anthroponymy attested depicts a mixed character with typical Albanian names appearing alongside more general Christian ones, although Slavic influences and Slavicisation are also present: Gjon Bazovići; Gjure, son of Andrija; Dimitri Koleci; Petka son of Popi; and Gjure, brother of Gjoni.

[3] Two members of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, Kiril Martinov and Kosto Ivanov, were natives of Dovolani.

[4] During the first World War occupying Austro-Hungarian forces conducted a census (1916-1918) of parts of Albania they held and of Dovolan its ethnic demographics they recorded 259 Albanians, 44 Bulgarians, 136 others, 5 Romani while its religious composition was 258 Muslims and 51 Orthodox Christians.

[5] Linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli consider the overall census results to be accurate and reflective of much of the ethnic and religious demographics of the area during that time,[5] however noting that the then identity of the Orthodox Slavic speaking populace was fluid as reflected in census declarations.

[6] Linguists Steinke and Ylli also noted that unlike the Gollobordë region, the villages of the Maqellarë administrative unit area do not have any Muslim Slavic speaking inhabitants.