The surname Dobbin
A patronymic surname, carried by 997 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D150
Origin
From Dobb (“a medieval short form of the given name Robert”) + -en; thus archaically equivalent to Bobby. Cognate with English Dobbie.
Dobbin 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 997 people named Dobbin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 309,675 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 961.
Who is named Dobbin
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
76% of people named Dobbin identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 76%
- Black (not Hispanic) 22%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dobbin
Dobbin has the Soundex code D150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D150.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dobbin come from?
- From Dobb (“a medieval short form of the given name Robert”) + -en; thus archaically equivalent to Bobby. Cognate with English Dobbie.
- How common is the surname Dobbin?
- 997 people in the United States had the surname Dobbin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 309,675 Americans. It ranked 24,934th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dobbin?
- In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dobbin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Dobbin?
- Dobbin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Dobbin getting more or less common?
- More common. 961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 997 in 2010, up 3.7%.