How common is the surname Dockter?

2,244 people in the United States had the surname Dockter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. It ranked 13,517th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dockter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dockter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dockter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,244 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Dockter

A surname, carried by 2,244 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dockter is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,244 people named Dockter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,099.

#13,517

rank among US surnames

2,244

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,319)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,509	Klepper	2,245	137,526
#13,517	Amico	2,244	137,587
#13,525	Peralez	2,243	137,648

Who is named Dockter

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

96% of people named Dockter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

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 Dockter

Dockter has the Soundex code D236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D236.

Questions

How common is the surname Dockter?: 2,244 people in the United States had the surname Dockter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 137,587 Americans. It ranked 13,517th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dockter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dockter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dockter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,099 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,244 in 2010, up 6.9%.