How common is the surname Dotson?

33,347 people in the United States had the surname Dotson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,259 Americans. It ranked 1,045th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dotson?

Damyean Dotson, American basketball player (born 1994), followed by Devon Dotson.

Where is the surname Dotson most common?

Wikidata records people named Dotson in the United States.

Is the surname Dotson getting more or less common?

More common. 31,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,347 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Dotson

A surname, carried by 33,347 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dotson is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 33,347 people named Dotson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,259 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,784.

#1,045

rank among US surnames

33,347

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,004)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,036	Riddle	33,507	9,214
#1,037	Key	33,501	9,216
#1,038	Cho	33,490	9,219
#1,039	Kaiser	33,480	9,222
#1,040	Holder	33,465	9,226
#1,041	Bird	33,457	9,228
#1,042	Bonner	33,446	9,231

Who is named Dotson

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

68% of people named Dotson identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dotsons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Damyean Dotson
American basketball player (born 1994)
Devon Dotson
American basketball player (born 1999)
Hassani Dotson
American soccer player, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dotson

Dodson

Dotson has the Soundex code D325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D325.

Questions

How common is the surname Dotson?: 33,347 people in the United States had the surname Dotson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,259 Americans. It ranked 1,045th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dotson?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Dotson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dotson?: Damyean Dotson, American basketball player (born 1994), followed by Devon Dotson.
Where is the surname Dotson most common?: Wikidata records people named Dotson in the United States.
Is the surname Dotson getting more or less common?: More common. 31,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,347 in 2010, up 4.9%.