How common is the last name Dobbs?

17,572 people in the United States have the last name Dobbs, about 1 in 17,010. It ranks #2,013 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOBBS

#2,013

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,572
About
1 in 17,010
This common or more
47.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,572 people with the last name Dobbs, 78.9% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dobbs, most common first.

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