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    The surname Dobbie

    A patronymic surname, carried by 340 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D100

    Dobbie: #59,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dobbie #59,470, 340 people Dobbie: #59,470 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dobbie #59,470, 340 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dobbie is more common than 63.3% of them.

    Origin

    From Dobb (“a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert”) + -ie; thus archaically equivalent to Bobby. Cognate with English Dobbin.

    Dobbie is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 340 people named Dobbie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 908,075 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 344.

    #59,470
    rank among US surnames
    340
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #55,732)

    Who is named Dobbie

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

    90% of people named Dobbie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dobbie

    Dobbie has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dobbie come from?
    From Dobb (“a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert”) + -ie; thus archaically equivalent to Bobby. Cognate with English Dobbin.
    How common is the surname Dobbie?
    340 people in the United States had the surname Dobbie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 908,075 Americans. It ranked 59,470th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dobbie?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dobbie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Dobbie?
    Dobbie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Dobbie getting more or less common?
    Less common. 344 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 340 in 2010, down 1.2%.