How common is the surname Doxey?

1,558 people in the United States had the surname Doxey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,168 Americans. It ranked 17,942nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Doxey?

Wall Doxey, American politician (1892-1962).

Where is the surname Doxey most common?

Wikidata records people named Doxey in the United States.

Is the surname Doxey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,558 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Doxey

A place surname, carried by 1,558 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doxey is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

An English habitational surname.

Doxey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,558 people named Doxey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,168 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,495.

#17,942

rank among US surnames

1,558

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,399)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,942	Navarette	1,558	198,168
#17,951	Tee	1,557	198,295

Who is named Doxey

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

84% of people named Doxey identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Doxeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wall Doxey
American politician (1892-1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Docksey

Surnames that sound like Doxey

Dossey

Doxey has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

Questions

How common is the surname Doxey?: 1,558 people in the United States had the surname Doxey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,168 Americans. It ranked 17,942nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doxey?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Doxey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Doxey?: Wall Doxey, American politician (1892-1962).
Where is the surname Doxey most common?: Wikidata records people named Doxey in the United States.
What type of surname is Doxey?: Doxey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Doxey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,558 in 2010, up 4.2%.
What are other spellings of Doxey?: Docksey.