Dopson Surname

175,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,437 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Dopson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Dob; a corruption of Dobson; compare Hopps and Hopson for Hobbs and Hobson.

1770. Married — John Smith and Mary Dopson: St. George, Hanover Square.

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Dopson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3861:261,51424,673
England4431:125,77412,588
Canada2711:135,96214,055
Australia1551:174,16617,758
Trinidad and Tobago941:14,5101,858
Wales181:171,91811,581
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Guyana81:95,2786,792
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
France21:33,211,361423,184
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Belize11:355,4743,977
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2911:83,7648,882
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1461:343,96426,445

Dopson (31) may also be a first name.

Dopson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Robert,' from nick. Dob; a corruption of Dobson; compare Hopps and Hopson for Hobbs and Hobson.

1770. Married — John Smith and Mary Dopson: St. George, Hanover Square.

1797. — John Dopson, or Dobson, and Elizabeth James: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

For Dobson, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Dopson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dopson Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dopson (Russian: Допсон) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dopson click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dopson? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 175,744th most numerous surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,990,376 people. The last name Dopson is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Dopson live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dopson is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 31 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,386 people, or 1 in 261,514. In The United States Dopson is most frequent in: Georgia, where 23 percent reside, Florida, where 15 percent reside and South Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent reside and Canada, where 11 percent reside.

Dopson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dopson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dopson last name expanded 949 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dopson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Dopson surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dopson surname are 27.41% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.18% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dopson earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.01% more than the national average, earning $43,154 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.13% less than the national average, earning $47,632 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doopson920/
Dobson8368,203/
Dapson83272/
Dovson837/
Dopsan832/
Dopsom831/
Dopsen830/
Dopchon7716/
Doubson772/
Daphson772/
Dobsoon771/
Dobsonc771/
Dobsonn771/
Dapsonn770/
Dobsone770/
Dobsomn770/
D'Hobson711/
Dabson67391/
Davson67250/
Dapsan6766/
Dobsan6713/
Dobsen679/
Dapsen677/
Dobsom676/
Dovsan671/
Dovsen670/

Dopson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dopson in the Russian language
Допсонdopson-

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Dopson Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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