How common is the surname Doty?

17,965 people in the United States had the surname Doty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,186 Americans. It ranked 2,009th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Doty?

Kathryn Adams Doty, actress, psychologist, writer (1920-2016), followed by Mark Doty.

Where is the surname Doty most common?

Wikidata records people named Doty in the United States.

How do you pronounce Doty?

Doty is /ˈdauti/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Doty getting more or less common?

More common. 17,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,965 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Doty

A surname, carried by 17,965 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdauti/ 2 syllables Soundex D300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doty is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,965 people named Doty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,186 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 17,874.

#2,009

rank among US surnames

17,965

people in 2010

6.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,848)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,000	Kincaid	18,075	17,081
#2,001	Moya	18,071	17,085
#2,002	Vogt	18,061	17,095
#2,003	Kimble	18,040	17,114
#2,004	Barraza	18,030	17,124
#2,005	Hay	18,029	17,125
#2,006	Platt	18,022	17,132

Who is named Doty

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

92% of people named Doty identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dotys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kathryn Adams Doty
Actress, psychologist, writer (1920-2016)
Mark Doty
American poet and memoirist, born 1953
James Duane Doty
American politician (1799-1865)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doty

Doty has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Questions

Where does the surname Doty come from?: English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.
How common is the surname Doty?: 17,965 people in the United States had the surname Doty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,186 Americans. It ranked 2,009th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doty?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Doty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Doty?: Kathryn Adams Doty, actress, psychologist, writer (1920-2016), followed by Mark Doty.
Where is the surname Doty most common?: Wikidata records people named Doty in the United States.
How do you pronounce Doty?: Doty is /ˈdauti/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Doty getting more or less common?: More common. 17,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,965 in 2010, up 0.5%.