Dorcely Surname

74,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,590 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Dorcely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorcely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti5,9811:1,786273
United States4571:793,12761,249
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
Canada421:877,27667,671
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
France141:4,744,480251,814
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
England21:27,859,030389,889
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Dorcély (2) are calculated separately.

Dorcely (182) may also be a first name.

Dorcely Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dorcely is more commonly found in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Dorcély. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorcely? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 74,601st most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,105,849 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Dorcely live; 91 percent live in Caribbean and 91 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 675,152nd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 182 people.

The surname Dorcely is most frequently used in Haiti, where it is held by 5,981 people, or 1 in 1,786. In Haiti it is mostly found in: Ouest, where 33 percent live, Artibonite, where 31 percent live and Nord-Ouest, where 25 percent live. Barring Haiti it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Dorcely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dorcely has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 7,617 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dorcely Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dorcely surname are 20.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 73.79% registered with the political party.

The amount Dorcely earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 1.19% less than the national average, earning $42,635 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.84% less than the national average, earning $35,352 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorcély952/
Dorceley932/
Dorcela8652/
Dorceli8650/
Dorcily868/
Dorsely864/
Darcely862/
Dorzely861/
Dorcelie8063/
Dorcelis8011/
Dorcelet809/
Dorcelia801/
Dorcelio801/
Dorciele801/
Dorcile71802/
Dorsela7114/
Darkely715/
Dorzela712/
Dorgele712/
Dorgeli711/
Dorcila711/
Dorcili711/
Darceles6745/
Darcelie6716/
Dorcilio679/
Dorgeles674/
Dorshela673/
Durceler672/
Dorcilia672/
Darkelay672/
Doorsele671/
Dárceles671/
Dorseela671/
Darchele671/
Dorseyle670/

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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 Dorcely
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