# Dore (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dore/  
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 | French |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,075 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,662 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 60,837 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (4,934 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun dore (“kind of bumblebee”). * Also as an English surname, from the placename Dorr in Derbyshire or Herefordshire; see Dorr. Sometimes influenced or directly from the noun door. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Doghair (“descendant of Doghar”), a byname meaning "sadness" (compare dubhghrá, from dubh + grá). * As a French surname, from Old French doré (“golden”). Compare Dorais. * As a Hungarian surname, from the adjective dőre (“stupid, useless”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dore 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dore in the United States.

## People named Dore

- Adrienne Dore, American model, beauty pageant winner (1907-1992)
- Jimmy Dore, American comedian and political commentator (born 1965)
- Ann McLaughlin Korologos, American politician (1941–2023)

## Similar surnames

Drew, Doerr, Dorr, Dare, Doria, Dorey, Dora, Drye, Dower, Dyer, Dwyer, Derr.

## 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.