Doctorow Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Doctorow Surname User-submission:

This surname is of Eastern European Jewish (Ashkenazi) origin, derived from the Yiddish word doktor, meaning 'doctor' or a learned scholar.

Doctorow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:5,663,421279,165
Israel291:295,09125,768
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Doctorow Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is of Eastern European Jewish (Ashkenazi) origin, derived from the Yiddish word doktor, meaning 'doctor' or a learned scholar.

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Doctorow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doctorow is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Doctorow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Doctorow is the 1,727,723rd most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Doctorow reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 5,663,421. In The United States Doctorow is most common in: New York, where 45 percent are found, California, where 39 percent are found and New Jersey, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Doctorow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Doctorow are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Doctorow earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 35.84% more than the national average, earning $58,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.56% less than the national average, earning $39,467 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doctorov8816/
Doktorow8815/
Doctorof881/
Doctoroff82203/
Doctorova8215/
Doktorov751,561/
Decterow755/
Doktorova711,463/
Docteroff7138/
Dokhtorov713/
Doktorovs712/
Dokhtorova672/
Decterov635/
Dokhturov5916/
Duktorova591/
Dokturova591/
Dogturova591/
Dokhturova5616/
Degterov5090/
Dekterov5019/
Duktarov501/
Degtarov501/

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