How common is the surname Doering?

4,754 people in the United States had the surname Doering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,944 Americans. It ranked 7,044th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Doering?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Doering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Doering?

Joe Doering, American professional wrestler (1982–2026).

Where is the surname Doering most common?

Wikidata records people named Doering in the United States.

Is the surname Doering getting more or less common?

More common. 4,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,754 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Doering

A German place surname, carried by 4,754 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doering is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Döring, from either: * A habitational name for someone from Thuringia, itself named for the Thuringi, a Germanic tribe. * A personal name based on a cognate of Middle High German turren (“to dare”).

Doering is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,754 people named Doering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,944 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,657.

#7,044

rank among US surnames

4,754

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,688)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,035	Campuzano	4,758	64,890
#7,038	Truesdale	4,757	64,903
#7,042	Kissel	4,756	64,917
#7,044	Gandara	4,754	64,944
#7,046	Aubrey	4,753	64,958
#7,047	Wilborn	4,752	64,972
#7,048	Hooten	4,751	64,985

Who is named Doering

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

95% of people named Doering identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Doerings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Doering
American professional wrestler (1982–2026)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doering

Doering has the Soundex code D652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D652.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Doering come from?: Borrowed from German Döring, from either: * A habitational name for someone from Thuringia, itself named for the Thuringi, a Germanic tribe. * A personal name based on a cognate of Middle High German turren (“to dare”).
How common is the surname Doering?: 4,754 people in the United States had the surname Doering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,944 Americans. It ranked 7,044th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doering?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Doering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Doering?: Joe Doering, American professional wrestler (1982–2026).
Where is the surname Doering most common?: Wikidata records people named Doering in the United States.
What type of surname is Doering?: Doering is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Doering getting more or less common?: More common. 4,657 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,754 in 2010, up 2.1%.