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    The surname Douthitt

    A surname, carried by 1,238 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D330

    Douthitt: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Douthitt #21,204, 1,238 people Douthitt: #21,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Douthitt #21,204, 1,238 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Douthitt is more common than 86.9% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Dowthwaite.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,238 people named Douthitt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,266.

    #21,204
    rank among US surnames
    1,238
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #19,695)

    Who is named Douthitt

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

    90% of people named Douthitt identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Douthitt

    Douthitt has the Soundex code D330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D330.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Douthitt come from?
    Variant of Dowthwaite.
    How common is the surname Douthitt?
    1,238 people in the United States had the surname Douthitt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,391 Americans. It ranked 21,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Douthitt?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Douthitt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Douthitt getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,266 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,238 in 2010, down 2.2%.