How common is the last name Dobson?

18,670 people in the United States have the last name Dobson, about 1 in 16,010. It ranks #1,886 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOBSON

#1,886

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,670
About
1 in 16,010
This common or more
47.1%
Who bears it

Of the 18,670 people with the last name Dobson, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dobson

#1,884 Pritchett · 18,698#1,885 Rock · 18,692#1,887 Dong · 18,669#1,888 Gold · 18,661

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dobson, most common first.

#26,267 Dopson · 980

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