Doherety Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Doherety Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Doherety Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Doherety Last Name Facts

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

The surname Doherety is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doherety? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most numerous surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Doherety live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Doherety is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 67 percent live and Arizona, where 33 percent live. Apart from The United States Doherety is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 25 percent live.

Doherety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Doherety has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doerety931/
Doherity882/
Doheryty881/
Doheraty880/
Doergety880/
Doherothy821/
Doerhaty750/
Douireta631/
Deurette630/
Daerati531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Doherety
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