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    The surname Docherty

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,465 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D263

    Docherty: #18,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Docherty #18,734, 1,465 people Docherty: #18,734 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Docherty #18,734, 1,465 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Docherty is more common than 88.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Ó Dochartaigh.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,465 people named Docherty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,280.

    #18,734
    rank among US surnames
    1,465
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,515)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,729Woodmansee1,466210,604
    #18,734Danks1,465210,748

    Who is named Docherty

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Docherty identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dochertys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leo Docherty
      British Conservative Party politician (born 1976)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Docherty

    Docherty has the Soundex code D263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D263.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Docherty come from?
    From Irish Ó Dochartaigh.
    How common is the surname Docherty?
    1,465 people in the United States had the surname Docherty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 210,748 Americans. It ranked 18,734th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Docherty?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Docherty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Docherty?
    Leo Docherty, British Conservative Party politician (born 1976).
    Where is the surname Docherty most common?
    Wikidata records people named Docherty in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Docherty getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,280 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,465 in 2010, up 15%.