The surname Doster
A surname, carried by 4,215 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D236
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,215 people named Doster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,249 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,002.
#7,852
rank among US surnames
4,215
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+5.3%
change since 2000 (was #7,666)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7,847 | Kershner | 4,219 | 73,180 |
| #7,849 | Bloodworth | 4,218 | 73,197 |
| #7,851 | Pompa | 4,217 | 73,214 |
| #7,852 | Roseberry | 4,215 | 73,249 |
Who is named Doster
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Doster identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 16%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Doster 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 Doster?
- 4,215 people in the United States had the surname Doster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,249 Americans. It ranked 7,852nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Doster?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Doster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Doster getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,002 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,215 in 2010, up 5.3%.