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.

Doherety Surname Distribution Map

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 last name Doherety is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doherety? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Doherety are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Doherety is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Doherety is most prevalent in: New York, where 67 percent are found and Arizona, where 33 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found.

Doherety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Doherety has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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
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  • 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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