Dorherty Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Dorherty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorherty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1631:308,09024,322

Dorherty (12) may also be a first name.

Dorherty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorherty has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dorherty.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorherty? popularity and diffusion

Dorherty is the 3,432,070th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name Dorherty occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Dorherty live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 12 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Massachusetts, where 37 percent live, Arizona, where 11 percent live and Colorado, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 9 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.

Dorherty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dorherty has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dorherty surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 150 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dorherty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Dorherty surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dorherty surname are 0.62% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.85% registered with the party.

Dorherty earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.13% less than the national average, earning $37,052 USD per year.

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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 Dorherty
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