Surname Checker / Dotson
How Common Is the Last Name Dotson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Dotson today
36,923
Ranked #1,045 of 162,254 published surnames · 11.3 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 33,347 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
68.17%
Black
26.47%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.32%
Hispanic
1.92%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.