The surname Dobyns
A surname, carried by 1,337 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D152
Origin
Variant of Dobbins.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,337 people named Dobyns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,924 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,276.
#20,019
rank among US surnames
1,337
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4.8%
change since 2000 (was #19,563)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #20,010 | Vanalstyne | 1,338 | 230,752 |
| #20,019 | McKechnie | 1,337 | 230,924 |
Who is named Dobyns
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Dobyns identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Dobyns
Dobyns has the Soundex code D152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D152.
Questions
- Where does the surname Dobyns come from?
- Variant of Dobbins.
- How common is the surname Dobyns?
- 1,337 people in the United States had the surname Dobyns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,924 Americans. It ranked 20,019th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dobyns?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dobyns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Dobyns getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,276 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,337 in 2010, up 4.8%.