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    The surname Dorantes

    A surname, carried by 3,181 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D653

    Dorantes: #10,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dorantes #10,136, 3,181 people Dorantes: #10,136 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dorantes #10,136, 3,181 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorantes is more common than 93.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,181 people named Dorantes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. That is up 62% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,964.

    #10,136
    rank among US surnames
    3,181
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +62%
    change since 2000 (was #14,069)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,132Parmenter3,18297,029
    #10,136Benites3,18197,059
    #10,140Nardone3,18097,090
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120

    Who is named Dorantes

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

    96% of people named Dorantes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Dorantes

    Dorantes has the Soundex code D653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D653.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dorantes?
    3,181 people in the United States had the surname Dorantes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,059 Americans. It ranked 10,136th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dorantes?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dorantes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dorantes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,181 in 2010, up 62%.