# Doherty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/doherty/  
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) | 27,787 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,264 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,111 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (26,978 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Daugherty, Dougherty |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Dochartaigh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Doherty 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Doherty in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Doherty

- Shannen Doherty, American actress (1971–2024)
- Peter C. Doherty, Australian immunologist
- Erin Doherty, British actress
- Xavier Doherty, Australian cricketer
- Sean Doherty, American biathlete
- Ken Doherty, American decathlete (1905-1996)
- William Doherty, American entomologist (1857–1901)
- Paul C. Doherty, British educator and author

## Similar surnames

Dority, Dort, Duarte, Dehart, Dorado, Dart, Durrett, Dearth, Drawdy, Duhart.

## 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.