Dawkins

Dawkins is the 2,305th most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,422 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 19,400.

By the numbers

People: 15,422
Rank: 2,305th
How common: 1 in 19,400
Per 100,000: 5.2

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Dawkins described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Black, not Hispanic 59.5%
White, not Hispanic 31.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino 3.4%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Dawkins

Richard Dawkins (born 1941)English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author
Simon Dawkins (born 1987)footballer
Eddie Dawkins (born 1989)New Zealand racing cyclist
Darryl Dawkins (1957–2015)American basketball player-coach
Marian Stamp Dawkins (born 1945)British biologist
Angelo Dawkins (born 1990)American professional wrestler
Brian Dawkins (born 1973)professional football player, safety
Johnny Dawkins (born 1963)American basketball player and coach

People named Dawkins with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Dawkins

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.