# Dozier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dozier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,091 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,259 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,187 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (15,207 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dozier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dozier in the United States and France.

## People named Dozier

- Lamont Dozier, American singer-songwriter (1941–2022)
- P. J. Dozier, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Brian Dozier, baseball player from the United States
- William Dozier, American film and television producer and actor (1908-1991)
- Robert Dozier, American basketball player (born 1985)

## Similar surnames

Decker, Dockery, Dugger, Desir, Dasher, Dekker, DeGraw, Decaro, Ducker, Decuir, Disher, Dicker.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.