Dohertys Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ireland

Dohertys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dohertys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Dohertys Last Name Facts

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

Dohertys has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dohertys click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dohertys? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Dohertys is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Dohertys reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Dohertys is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 17 percent live.

Dohertys Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doherty93108,767/
Doherthy8831/
Dohearty8821/
Dohertty882/
Dooherty882/
Dohertes881/
D'Oherty881/
Doheerty881/
Dohertyc881/
Dohertey881/
Doherrty880/
Doherdty880/
Dojherty880/
Douhgerty823/
Douhherty821/
Daherty805/
Doherti804/
Doerthy804/
Dohirty800/
Dauherty756/
Dohertoi751/
Doerte713/
Daujherty711/
Doerter6790/
Doertih673/
Daerti577/
Deurtiz533/
Dahirte531/

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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 Dohertys
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