# Docherty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/docherty/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,465 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 210,748 people |
| Change since 2000 | +15% (1,280 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Dochartaigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Docherty in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Docherty in the United Kingdom.

## People named Docherty

- Leo Docherty, British Conservative Party politician (born 1976)

## Similar surnames

Dougherty, Daugherty, Duckworth, Deckard, Degroot, Desjardins, Degroat, Deckert, Dysart, Ducksworth, Dickert, Dygert.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.