An English and Scottish surname, the Dodson name comes from the Old English ‘dodda’ along with ‘son’ which means the son of Dodd. The spelling variations for Dodson include Doddsaun, Dodsen, Dossine, Dodshon, Doddson and Doddsin. In England the Dodson surname is mostly in Lancashire and Yorkshire. There are high populations of Dodson individuals are also in the city of London and nearby Surrey. In Scotland the three regions with the most Dodson surnames are Lanarkshire, Midlothian and Perthshire. Within the United States the Dodson surname is in most of the east half of the country. The main areas are Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri and California. Famous: Jack Dodson (television actor), Owen Dodson (novelist and playwright), James Dodson (movie film producer), Terry Dodson (comic book artist), Pat Dodson (professional baseball player), Sarah P. Ball Dodson (19th century artist) and James Dodson (18th century English mathematician).