Last Name DOPSON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Robert, from nickname Dob; a corruption of Dobson.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 24,949 (2000 US census) 29,082 (1990 US census)
Count 935 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.2%, or 647 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 26.63%, or 249 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.71%, or 16 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.71%, or 16 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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