How common is the last name Dodson?

35,618 people in the United States have the last name Dodson, about 1 in 8,392. It ranks #967 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DODSON

#967

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
35,618
About
1 in 8,392
This common or more
39.3%
Who bears it

Of the 35,618 people with the last name Dodson, 78.1% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dodson

#965 Booker · 35,648#966 Zhu · 35,639#968 Krueger · 35,568#969 Frye · 35,502

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,092 Dotson · 31,521#67,529 Dodgson · 315

Also a first name

As a first name, Dodson ranks #52,462 of 53,615, with 107 people. See Dodson as a first name

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