# Dockery (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,644 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,089 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,515 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (11,108 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Variant of Dockray, an English habitational surname. * Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dochraidh, a variant of Ó Dochartaigh, from which Doherty.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dockery 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dockery in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Dockery

- Michelle Dockery, British actress
- Wayne Dockery, American musician (1941–2018)

## Similar surnames

Decker, Ducker, Dicker, Dozier, Dugger, Desir, Dasher, Dekker, DeGraw, Decaro, Decuir, Disher.

## 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.