Find out how popular the last name Dopico is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dopico.

Dopico, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dopico surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dopico in America

Dopico is the 67318th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dopico surname appeared 293 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dopico.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dopico to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dopico

The surname Dopico is of Spanish origin, specifically from the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is believed to have originated in the Middle Ages, around the 13th or 14th century. The name is thought to be derived from the Galician word "dopico," which means a small village or hamlet.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Dopico can be found in a document dated 1428, where a certain Juan Dopico is mentioned as a resident of the parish of San Salvador de Soandres, in the municipality of A Laracha, Galicia. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by the 15th century.

In the 16th century, there are records of a Galician nobleman named Alonso Dopico, who was born in 1542 and served as a military commander during the Spanish conquest of the Americas. He is known to have participated in the expeditions of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to Florida and the Carolinas in the late 1500s.

Another notable figure with the surname Dopico was Pedro Dopico Calderón, a prominent theologian and author who lived in the 17th century. He was born in Pontevedra, Galicia, in 1620 and wrote several influential works on Catholic theology and philosophy before his death in 1690.

In the 18th century, the name appears in connection with a small town called Dopico, located in the municipality of Vilanova de Arousa, Galicia. It is likely that this town was named after an early bearer of the surname, further solidifying the association between the name and the region.

One of the most famous individuals with the surname Dopico in more recent history was Armando Dopico, a Cuban-American writer and journalist who lived from 1886 to 1952. He was born in Havana, Cuba, and later emigrated to the United States, where he became a prominent figure in the Spanish-language literary scene of New York City.

Throughout its history, the surname Dopico has remained primarily concentrated in the region of Galicia, Spain, and among Galician diaspora communities in other parts of the world, particularly in Latin America and the United States. While not an extremely common name globally, it is a well-established surname with deep roots in the cultural and historical traditions of northwestern Spain.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dopico

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dopico.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dopico was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dopico has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dopico was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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