Dorothy Surname
Approximately 3,949 people bear this surname
Dorothy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,904 | 1:190,367 | 18,874 |
| New Zealand | 292 | 1:15,508 | 2,705 |
| Papua New Guinea | 286 | 1:28,510 | 3,229 |
| Kenya | 256 | 1:180,390 | 13,550 |
| Australia | 159 | 1:169,784 | 17,425 |
| Cameroon | 155 | 1:133,994 | 15,044 |
| Nigeria | 146 | 1:1,213,307 | 48,905 |
| England | 139 | 1:400,849 | 27,632 |
| India | 98 | 1:7,827,198 | 166,253 |
| South Africa | 62 | 1:873,834 | 57,209 |
| Canada | 59 | 1:624,502 | 51,218 |
| Solomon Islands | 58 | 1:10,000 | 1,732 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Ireland | 24 | 1:196,206 | 8,013 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| China | 18 | 1:75,962,309 | 4,162 |
| Northern Ireland | 14 | 1:131,788 | 7,342 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 26 | 1:170,379 | 8,688 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 42 | 1:580,366 | 29,847 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 252 | 1:199,280 | 17,365 |
Dorothy (1,398,060) may also be a first name.
Dorothy Demographics
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Dorothy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorothy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorothy (Arabic: دورثي, Hindi: डोरोथी, Marathi: डोरोथी, Oriya: ଦରଥି, Tibetan: དོ་རོ་ཏི་) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorothy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 116,692nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,845,416 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 42 percent of Dorothy live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 553rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 1,398,060 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 1,904 people, or 1 in 190,367. In The United States Dorothy is most prevalent in: Texas, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Iowa, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Dorothy exists in 66 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 7 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Dorothy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dorothy has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 756 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 331 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 8 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dorothy Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Dorothy surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Dorothy are 1.7% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.53% registered with the political party.
The amount Dorothy earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.71% more than the national average, earning R 263,100 per year; in United States they earn 8.09% less than the national average, earning $39,660 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.8% less than the national average, earning $45,313 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dorothy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dorothy in the Tibetan language | ||
| དོ་རོ་ཏི་ | doroti | - |
| Dorothy in the Oriya language | ||
| ଦରଥି | darathi | 50 |
| ଡେରାଥି | derathi | 50 |
| Dorothy in the Marathi language | ||
| डोरोथी | dorothi | 38.03 |
| डॉरथी | dorathi | 9.86 |
| दोरोथी | dorothi | 7.04 |
| डॉरोथी | dorothi | 7.04 |
| डोरोटी | doroti | 5.63 |
| डोरथी | dorathi | 2.82 |
| दोरो | doro | 2.82 |
| डोरेथी | dorethi | 2.82 |
| डोरीथी | dorithi | 2.82 |
| दोरोटी | doroti | 2.82 |
| डॉरोटी | doroti | 1.41 |
| डोरोती | doroti | 1.41 |
| डेरोथी | derothi | 1.41 |
| डॉरेथी | dorethi | 1.41 |
| डोरोठी | dorothi | 1.41 |
| डॅरोथी | derothi | 1.41 |
| डोरथ | doratha | 1.41 |
| डोरोधी | dorodhi | 1.41 |
| डॉरट | dorata | 1.41 |
| Dorothy in the Hindi language | ||
| डोरोथी | dorothi | 23.08 |
| दोरोथी | dorothi | 15.38 |
| दोरोती | doroti | 15.38 |
| डारथी | darathi | 7.69 |
| डोरोगी | dorogi | 7.69 |
| डोरेती | doreti | 7.69 |
| डौर्थी | daurthi | 7.69 |
| डोरथी | dorathi | 7.69 |
| डौरोथी | daurothi | 7.69 |
| Dorothy in the Arabic language | ||
| دورثي | dwrthy | - |
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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 Dorothy
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