How common is the surname Dobkin?

509 people in the United States had the surname Dobkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 606,573 Americans. It ranked 42,579th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dobkin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dobkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dobkin?

David Dobkin, American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1969), followed by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin.

Where is the surname Dobkin most common?

Wikidata records people named Dobkin in the United States.

Is the surname Dobkin getting more or less common?

Less common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 509 in 2010, down 3.0%.

The surname Dobkin

A patronymic surname, carried by 509 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D125

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dobkin is more common than 73.8% of them.

Origin

From Dobb + -kin.

Dobkin 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 509 people named Dobkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 606,573 Americans. That is down 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 525.

#42,579

rank among US surnames

509

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-3%

change since 2000 (was #39,444)

Who is named Dobkin

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

96% of people named Dobkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dobkins

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Dobkin
American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1969)
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
American writer, 1922–2013
Alix Dobkin
American singer-songwriter and lesbian feminist activist, 1940–2021
Lawrence Dobkin
American television director, actor and screenwriter (1919-2002)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dobkin

Dobson

Dobkin has the Soundex code D125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D125.

Questions

Where does the surname Dobkin come from?: From Dobb + -kin.
How common is the surname Dobkin?: 509 people in the United States had the surname Dobkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 606,573 Americans. It ranked 42,579th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dobkin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dobkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dobkin?: David Dobkin, American film director, producer and screenwriter (born 1969), followed by Marjorie Housepian Dobkin.
Where is the surname Dobkin most common?: Wikidata records people named Dobkin in the United States.
What type of surname is Dobkin?: Dobkin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dobkin getting more or less common?: Less common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 509 in 2010, down 3.0%.