Dority Surname

183,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,311 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dority Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dority Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2651:160,02616,298
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5371:93,5179,583

Dority (449) may also be a first name.

Dority Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dority occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dority? popularity and diffusion

It is the 183,726th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,153,417 people. The last name Dority is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dority live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 403,949th most common first name globally, held by 449 people.

Dority is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,265 people, or 1 in 160,026. In The United States Dority is mostly found in: Texas, where 8 percent live, Nevada, where 7 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States Dority is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Dority Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dority has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dority last name rose 422 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dority Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dority surname are 2.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.65% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dority earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning $39,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.11% more than the national average, earning $62,157 CAD per year.

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Dority Reference & Research

Doherty FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Doherty FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Dority
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis