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    The surname Dodsworth

    An English place surname, carried by 389 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D326

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dodsworth is more common than 67.2% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from the village of Dodworth, in South Yorkshire, which is named from the Old English personal name Dodd + worþ (“enclosure”).

    Dodsworth is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 389 people named Dodsworth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 793,690 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 366.

    #53,204
    rank among US surnames
    389
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.3%
    change since 2000 (was #53,047)

    Who is named Dodsworth

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

    96% of people named Dodsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dodsworth come from?
    Habitational surname from the village of Dodworth, in South Yorkshire, which is named from the Old English personal name Dodd + worþ (“enclosure”).
    How common is the surname Dodsworth?
    389 people in the United States had the surname Dodsworth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 793,690 Americans. It ranked 53,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dodsworth?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dodsworth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Dodsworth?
    Dodsworth is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Dodsworth getting more or less common?
    More common. 366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 389 in 2010, up 6.3%.