Doctor Surname

27,421st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Doctor Surname Definition:

Among early Scots charters are notices of hereditary physicians who enjoyed lands in virtue of their office. One of these physicians is favorably noticed in Rymer: "Littera ab Alexandra primogenito Regis Scottorum pro Ade Kercudbright, medico quondam Roberti de Brus, qui contra communem medicorum opinionem ipsum sanitati restituerat," Scone, 3 Julii, 1282 (Fceders, new ed.

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Doctor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines10,1521:9,972938
Nigeria4,6911:37,7623,056
Malawi9411:18,1922,844
India7961:963,65041,117
Chad7701:17,6522,191
Afghanistan5251:61,2441,968
Spain4221:110,7878,802
Botswana2261:9,6771,775
Mexico2211:561,6579,608
Canada1641:224,66821,579
Jamaica1431:20,0701,757
England1121:497,48331,781
Zimbabwe1051:147,03118,799
Scotland981:54,6314,602
Uganda351:1,115,40846,348
Israel331:259,32223,464
Marshall Islands301:1,727420
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Tanzania221:2,406,43748,353
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
Colombia151:3,184,93814,936
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Panama71:558,8949,437
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland911:41,1343,094
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5031:99,83810,142

Doctor (25,890) may also be a first name.

Doctor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Among early Scots charters are notices of hereditary physicians who enjoyed lands in virtue of their office. One of these physicians is favorably noticed in Rymer: "Littera ab Alexandra primogenito Regis Scottorum pro Ade Kercudbright, medico quondam Roberti de Brus, qui contra communem medicorum opinionem ipsum sanitati restituerat," Scone, 3 Julii, 1282 (Fceders, new ed., I, 611). Magister Martin, 'medico meo,' witnessed a charter by William the Lion, before 1214 (RAA., I, 71). As Martin, medicus, he witnessed a grant by Richard filius Michael to the Hospital of Soltre between 1189—1214 (Soltre, p. 8). Henry, medicus, witnessed a charter by Hugh, cancellarius regis, to the Abbey of Arbroath, c. 1189—99 (RAA., I, 80), and about the same period witnessed a charter by Hugh bishop of St. Andrews (RPSA., p. 290).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Scottish, German) One who practiced medicine; one who was highly educated, generally a teacher.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Doctor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Doctor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Doctor (Hindi: डाक्टर, Marathi: डॉक्टर, Tibetan: འགྲོགས་ཀྲོར།) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doctor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 27,421st most widely held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 371,643 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Doctor reside; 52 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 52 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 31,158th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 25,890 people.

The last name Doctor is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 10,152 people, or 1 in 9,972. In The Philippines Doctor is most common in: Bicol, where 18 percent live, Central Luzon, where 17 percent live and National Capital Region, where 17 percent live. Beside The Philippines this last name occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Malawi, where 5 percent live.

Doctor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Doctor has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Doctor surname rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Doctor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Doctor surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (59%) in Nigeria.

The amount Doctor earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.67% less than the national average, earning R 34,056 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.1% more than the national average, earning $26,584,100 COP per year and in Canada they earn 9.9% more than the national average, earning $54,603 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Docktor92379/
Doctore9264/
Dochtor929/
Doctorr922/
Doctour921/
Doctoor921/
Docttor921/
Doktor833,917/
Doctar83201/
Ductor83130/
Dactor8320/
Doqtor832/
Doctur831/
Dogtor831/
Doctorova8015/
Docteur778,551/
Doktore7728/
Dokhtor7725/
Doctare772/
Ductoor772/
Duchtor771/
Docture771/
Doctaur771/
Doctard771/
Docthard711/
Doktorova671,463/
Doktór67844/
Doktorová67297/
Doktar67290/
Doktur67154/
Dactar6758/
Daztor6711/
Daktor6710/
Doktár674/
Duktor672/
Duckthore671/

Doctor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Doctor in the Tibetan language
འགྲོགས་ཀྲོར།droktror-
Doctor in the Marathi language
डॉक्टरdoktara99.87
डोक्टोरdoktora0.13
Doctor in the Hindi language
डाक्टरdaktara90
डॉक्टरdoktara5
डोक्टरdoktara5

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