How common is the last name Dotson?

31,521 people in the United States have the last name Dotson, about 1 in 9,483. It ranks #1,092 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOTSON

#1,092

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
31,521
About
1 in 9,483
This common or more
40.7%
Who bears it

Of the 31,521 people with the last name Dotson, 64.8% reported their origin as White, 26.5% as Black and 4.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dotson

#1,090 Gupta · 31,571#1,091 Lehman · 31,533#1,093 Merrill · 31,507#1,094 Haney · 31,479

Spelled almost the same

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

#967 Dodson · 35,618

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