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The surname Doten

A surname, carried by 1,058 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D350

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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). Doten is more common than 85.3% of them.

Origin

English surname, variant of Doty.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,058 people named Doten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. That is down 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,515.

#23,866
rank among US surnames
1,058
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-30.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,221)

Who is named Doten

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

86% of people named Doten identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doten

Doten has the Soundex code D350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D350.

Questions

Where does the surname Doten come from?
English surname, variant of Doty.
How common is the surname Doten?
1,058 people in the United States had the surname Doten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 291,820 Americans. It ranked 23,866th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doten?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Doten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Doten getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,058 in 2010, down 30%.