How common is the surname Dworkin?

1,032 people in the United States had the surname Dworkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dworkin?

Andrea Dworkin, American feminist writer (1946–2005), followed by Ronald Dworkin.

Where is the surname Dworkin most common?

Wikidata records people named Dworkin in the United States.

Is the surname Dworkin getting more or less common?

More common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Dworkin

A surname, carried by 1,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dworkin is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,032 people named Dworkin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,014.

#24,305

rank among US surnames

1,032

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #23,391)

Who is named Dworkin

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

96% of people named Dworkin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dworkins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrea Dworkin
American feminist writer (1946–2005)
Ronald Dworkin
American legal philosopher (1931-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dworkin

Durkin

Dworkin has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.

Questions

How common is the surname Dworkin?: 1,032 people in the United States had the surname Dworkin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,172 Americans. It ranked 24,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dworkin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dworkin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Dworkin?: Andrea Dworkin, American feminist writer (1946–2005), followed by Ronald Dworkin.
Where is the surname Dworkin most common?: Wikidata records people named Dworkin in the United States.
Is the surname Dworkin getting more or less common?: More common. 1,014 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,032 in 2010, up 1.8%.