Dawkins

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Willelmus filius Daukyn 1332 SRLa, William Daukyn 13th WhC (Lancashire), Richard Daukyns 1354 AssSt, Magister Doctor Dawkyns 1534 GildY; 'Little David', from Dawe + kin

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dɔːkɪnz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dawkins is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. In Liberia it is the 88th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 15K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 18K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
411 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Willelmus filius Daukyn 1332 SRLa, William Daukyn 13th WhC (Lancashire), Richard Daukyns 1354 AssSt, Magister Doctor Dawkyns 1534 GildY; 'Little David', from Dawe + kin

Sources 1

  • A Dictionary of English Surnames

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dawkins counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dawkins is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 13K—Dawkins1
US United States—15,4311 in 22K15KDawkins411
GB United Kingdom—≈4,300 est.≈1 in 15K—Dawkins223
EG Egypt—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 57K—Dawkins7
AU Australia—≈1,400 est.≈1 in 18K—Dawkins118
LR Liberia#88≈1,100 est.≈1 in 4.4K—Dawkins2
JM Jamaica#106≈1,100 est.≈1 in 2.6K—Dawkins40

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dawkins is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Colombia, Panama, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Dâwkîns

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Dawkins is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A surname transferred from the given name.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Richard Dawkins, b. 1941Marian Stamp Dawkins, b. 1945Darryl Dawkins, b. 1957Paul Dawkins, b. 1957Johnny Dawkins, b. 1963Brian Dawkins, b. 1973Aloe Blacc, b. 1979Simon Dawkins, b. 1987Eddie Dawkins, b. 1989Angelo Dawkins, b. 1990

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Dawkins,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Dawkins
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201015K#2,363
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202015K#2,305
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200014K#2,382
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dawkins mean, and where does it come from?
Willelmus filius Daukyn 1332 SRLa, William Daukyn 13th WhC (Lancashire), Richard Daukyns 1354 AssSt, Magister Doctor Dawkyns 1534 GildY; 'Little David', from Dawe + kin Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
How do you pronounce Dawkins?
A machine transcription gives /dɔːkɪnz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Dawkins have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Dawkins in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dawkins.
How common is the name Dawkins?
In the United States, the national register counted 15,431 people named Dawkins in 2010, about 1 in 22 thousand residents.
How common is Dawkins compared with other names?
In Liberia, Dawkins is the 88th most common surname of 10,200 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dawkins” — the 88th most common surname in Liberia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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