Explore the Family Name Dodgen

The meaning of Dodgen

English (Hampshire): variant of Dudgeon. This surname has died out in Britain.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Dodgen saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Dodgen ranked 19,618th in popularity among surnames within the United States, with approximately 1,272 individuals carrying this last name. However, by 2010, the rank had fallen to 20,899, with a minor decrease in the number of people bearing this surname, dropping to 1,261. This reflects an overall drop in popularity of 6.53 percent and a count decrease of 0.86 percent over a decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#19,618	#20,899	-6.53%
Count	1,272	1,261	-0.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.47	0.43	-8.51%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dodgen

Concerning the ethnicity of people with the Dodgen surname, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows some significant changes between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals identifying as Dodgen were of White ethnic identity, accounting for 96.54 percent in 2000 and 95.40 percent in 2010. There was also a noticeable increase in the percentage of Dodgens who identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, rising from 0.47 percent in 2000 to 0.63 percent in 2010. Additionally, those identifying as having two or more races increased from 1.10 percent to 1.43 percent. Hispanics represented 1.42 percent of Dodgens in 2000 and rose slightly to 1.74 percent in 2010. Lastly, there was no recorded Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native representation within the Dodgen surname population in 2000, but by 2010, both groups accounted for 0.40 percent each.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.54%	95.4%	-1.18%
Hispanic	1.42%	1.74%	22.54%
Two or More Races	1.1%	1.43%	30%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.47%	0.63%	34.04%
Black	0%	0.4%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.4%	0%