How common is the surname Doctor?

3,465 people in the United States had the surname Doctor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. It ranked 9,384th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Doctor getting more or less common?

More common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,465 in 2010, up 9.7%.

The surname Doctor

A surname, carried by 3,465 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). Doctor is more common than 94.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,465 people named Doctor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. That is up 9.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,159.

#9,384

rank among US surnames

3,465

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,442)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,378	Foxworth	3,469	89,001
#9,381	Frechette	3,468	89,027
#9,382	Hennings	3,467	89,053
#9,384	Geraghty	3,465	89,104
#9,389	Averett	3,464	89,130
#9,393	Byington	3,463	89,156

Who is named Doctor

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

40% of people named Doctor identified as Black (not Hispanic), 38% as white (not Hispanic) and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Black (not Hispanic) 40%
White (not Hispanic) 38%
Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
American Indian and Alaska Native 5.4%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doctor

Doctor 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 Doctor?: 3,465 people in the United States had the surname Doctor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,104 Americans. It ranked 9,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doctor?: In the 2010 Census, 40% of people named Doctor identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 38% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Doctor getting more or less common?: More common. 3,159 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,465 in 2010, up 9.7%.