# Dobkin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dobkin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 509 |
| US rank (2010) | 42,579 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 606,573 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (525 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dobb + -kin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dobkin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dobkin in the United States.

## People named Dobkin

- David Dobkin, American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1969)
- Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, American writer
- Alix Dobkin, American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist
- Lawrence Dobkin, American television director, actor and screenwriter (1919-2002)

## Similar surnames

Dobson, Davison, Davisson, Devaughn, Dubuisson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.