How Many People Have the Last Name Dawson?
people had the surname Dawson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 3,546 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+2,992 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Dawson (68.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 25.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Dawson ranks #278. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 70.5% to 68.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Dawson grew from 80,190 people in 2000 to 83,182 in 2010 (up 3.7%), and its rank fell from #355 to #380. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 29.73 to 28.2 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 80,190 | 83,182 |
| Rank | #355 | #380 |
| Per 100,000 people | 29.73 | 28.2 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Dawson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Dawson: D250
👤 Dawson as a First Name
Dawson is a first name too: about 52,501 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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