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The surname Doody

A surname, carried by 2,876 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D300

Doody: #11,054 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Doody #11,054, 2,876 people Doody: #11,054 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Doody #11,054, 2,876 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doody is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,876 people named Doody in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,352 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,891.

#11,054
rank among US surnames
2,876
people in 2010
1.0
per 100,000 Americans
-0.5%
change since 2000 (was #10,231)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,047Branum2,878107,278
#11,051Dabrowski2,877107,315
#11,054Béres2,876107,352
#11,057Hopwood2,875107,390
#11,060Ehrhardt2,874107,427
#11,061Cartier2,873107,465
#11,062Gilmartin2,872107,502

Who is named Doody

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

94% of people named Doody identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
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 Doody

Doody has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Questions

How common is the surname Doody?
2,876 people in the United States had the surname Doody in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,352 Americans. It ranked 11,054th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doody?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Doody identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Doody getting more or less common?
Less common. 2,891 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,876 in 2010, down 0.5%.