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The surname Dawsey

A surname, carried by 1,013 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D200

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dawsey is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,013 people named Dawsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 967.

#24,648
rank among US surnames
1,013
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #24,288)

Who is named Dawsey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

60% of people named Dawsey identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 60%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dawsey

Dawsey has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

How common is the surname Dawsey?
1,013 people in the United States had the surname Dawsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 304,783 Americans. It ranked 24,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dawsey?
In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Dawsey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dawsey getting more or less common?
More common. 967 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,013 in 2010, up 4.8%.