Last Name DOBBINS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Robert, from nickname Dob, diminutive Dobin. Dobbin, from being a pet name for a horse, became a special term for an old and jaded horse. Of course the 'g' in Dobbing and Dobbings is an excrescence, as in Jennings, Hewlings, etc.
Origin English

Rank 2,279 (2000 US census) 2,024 (1990 US census)
Count 14,615 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 73.14%, or 10689 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.88%, or 3344 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.37%, or 54 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.71%, or 104 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.72%, or 251 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.18%, or 172 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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