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Where Does The Last Name Dorchester Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Dorchester is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorchester? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 870,423^rd most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Dorchester are found; 74 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Dorchester is also the 2,446,817^th most frequently held first name globally, held by 20 people.

The last name Dorchester is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 1,562,323. In The United States Dorchester is most frequent in: New York, where 16 percent live, Arizona, where 13 percent live and Massachusetts, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 15 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

Dorchester Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Dorchester has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 176 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 34 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dorchester Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Dorchester surname are 18.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.63% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dorchester earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.52% more than the national average, earning $45,964 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.96% more than the national average, earning $56,120 CAD per year.