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    The surname Dockins

    A surname, carried by 2,068 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D252

    Dockins: #14,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dockins #14,447, 2,068 people Dockins: #14,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dockins #14,447, 2,068 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dockins is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    Perhaps a variant of Docking.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,068 people named Dockins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,297 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,849.

    #14,447
    rank among US surnames
    2,068
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.8%
    change since 2000 (was #14,731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,443Busick2,069149,225
    #14,447Hulme2,068149,297
    #14,453Lobb2,067149,369

    Who is named Dockins

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

    73% of people named Dockins identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dockins

    Dockins has the Soundex code D252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D252.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dockins come from?
    Perhaps a variant of Docking.
    How common is the surname Dockins?
    2,068 people in the United States had the surname Dockins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,297 Americans. It ranked 14,447th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dockins?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Dockins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dockins getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,849 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,068 in 2010, up 12%.