The surname Dossey
A surname, carried by 1,264 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D200
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,264 people named Dossey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 244,261 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,379.
#20,864
rank among US surnames
1,264
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-8.3%
change since 2000 (was #18,484)
Who is named Dossey
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Dossey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dossey has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.
Questions
- How common is the surname Dossey?
- 1,264 people in the United States had the surname Dossey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 244,261 Americans. It ranked 20,864th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dossey?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dossey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Dossey getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,264 in 2010, down 8.3%.