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    The surname Dorey

    A French nickname surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D600

    Dorey: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dorey #17,274, 1,639 people Dorey: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dorey #17,274, 1,639 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorey is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    Nickname for a goldsmith or someone with golden hair, from Old French doré (“golden”).

    Dorey is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,639 people named Dorey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

    #17,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,639
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,667)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,268Houchens1,640188,259
    #17,274Dorey1,639188,374
    #17,283Semon1,638188,489

    Who is named Dorey

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

    90% of people named Dorey identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Doreys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fritz d'Orey
      Brazilian racing driver, 1938–2020

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Doorey

    Surnames that sound like Dorey

    Dorey has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dorey come from?
    Nickname for a goldsmith or someone with golden hair, from Old French doré (“golden”).
    How common is the surname Dorey?
    1,639 people in the United States had the surname Dorey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dorey?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Dorey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dorey?
    Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian racing driver.
    Where is the surname Dorey most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dorey in Brazil.
    What type of surname is Dorey?
    Dorey is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Dorey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 21%.
    What are other spellings of Dorey?
    Doorey.