How common is the surname Doak?

3,498 people in the United States had the surname Doak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. It ranked 9,307th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Doak?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Doak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Doak?

Peter Doak, Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, followed by Sloan Doak.

Where is the surname Doak most common?

Wikidata records people named Doak in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Doak getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,498 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Doak

A surname, carried by 3,498 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doak is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,498 people named Doak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,528.

#9,307

rank among US surnames

3,498

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,586)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,298	Spitz	3,500	88,213
#9,301	Robillard	3,499	88,238
#9,307	Amoroso	3,498	88,263
#9,311	Six	3,497	88,289
#9,313	Barreras	3,496	88,314
#9,314	Elswick	3,495	88,339

Who is named Doak

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

93% of people named Doak identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Doaks

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Doak
Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, born 1944
Sloan Doak
American equestrian (1886-1965)
William N. Doak
American politician (1882–1933)

Notable Doaks come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doak

Doak 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 Doak?: 3,498 people in the United States had the surname Doak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,263 Americans. It ranked 9,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doak?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Doak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Doak?: Peter Doak, Australian swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist, followed by Sloan Doak.
Where is the surname Doak most common?: Wikidata records people named Doak in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Doak getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,528 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,498 in 2010, down 0.9%.