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    The surname Doby

    A surname, carried by 2,542 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D100

    Doby: #12,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Doby #12,238, 2,542 people Doby: #12,238 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Doby #12,238, 2,542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doby is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,542 people named Doby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,408.

    #12,238
    rank among US surnames
    2,542
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,903)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,229Check2,545121,315
    #12,231Dumond2,544121,362
    #12,236Maly2,543121,410
    #12,238Doby2,542121,458
    #12,242Satterlee2,541121,506
    #12,247Bondurant2,540121,553

    Who is named Doby

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

    50% of people named Doby identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dobys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Larry Doby
      American baseball player (1923–2003)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Doby

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Doby?
    2,542 people in the United States had the surname Doby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,458 Americans. It ranked 12,238th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Doby?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Doby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Doby?
    Larry Doby, American baseball player (1923–2003).
    Where is the surname Doby most common?
    Wikidata records people named Doby in the United States.
    Is the surname Doby getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,408 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,542 in 2010, up 5.6%.