Explore the Family Name Dockham

The meaning of Dockham

English: habitational name from Dockham in Donhead Saint Mary, Wiltshire, named in Old English with docce ‘dock’ (the plant) + hamm ‘water meadow’. This surname has died out in England.

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How common is the last name Dockham in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dockham has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 45,651st most popular but fell to 49,268th by 2010, marking a 7.92% decrease in rank. The number of people bearing this surname also decreased from 441 in 2000 to 427 in 2010, a drop of 3.17%. Additionally, the proportion of individuals with the Dockham surname per 100,000 people dropped by 12.5% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,651	#49,268	-7.92%
Count	441	427	-3.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dockham

In terms of ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals carrying the Dockham surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, with percentages of 96.60% and 94.61% respectively. However, there was a slight decline of 2.06% in this group over the decade. In 2010, for the first time, small proportions of the Dockham population began identifying as Hispanic (2.58%) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.17%). Surprisingly, the percentage of Asians/Pacific Islanders within this group, which stood at 1.13% in 2000, dropped to zero by 2010. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying with two or more races or as Black in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.6%	94.61%	-2.06%
Hispanic	0%	2.58%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.17%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.13%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%