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The surname Doshi

An Albanian surname, carried by 2,513 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D200

Doshi: #12,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Doshi #12,378, 2,513 people Doshi: #12,378 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Doshi #12,378, 2,513 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doshi is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

Albanian origin

A surname from Albanian.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,513 people named Doshi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. That is up 60% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,567.

#12,378
rank among US surnames
2,513
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+60.4%
change since 2000 (was #16,776)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,370Mikel2,514122,810
#12,378Richer2,513122,859
#12,384Barras2,512122,908

Who is named Doshi

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

94% of people named Doshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 94%
  • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Doshis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Avni Doshi
    American novelist, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doshi

Doshi has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

Where does the surname Doshi come from?
Doshi is Albanian in origin.
How common is the surname Doshi?
2,513 people in the United States had the surname Doshi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,859 Americans. It ranked 12,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doshi?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Doshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Doshi?
Avni Doshi, American novelist.
Where is the surname Doshi most common?
Wikidata records people named Doshi in the United States.
Is the surname Doshi getting more or less common?
More common. 1,567 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,513 in 2010, up 60%.