How common is the surname Dorgan?

1,688 people in the United States had the surname Dorgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,906 Americans. It ranked 16,881st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dorgan?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dorgan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Dorgan?

Byron Dorgan, American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942).

Where is the surname Dorgan most common?

Wikidata records people named Dorgan in the United States.

Is the surname Dorgan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,688 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Dorgan

A surname, carried by 1,688 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorgan is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,688 people named Dorgan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,906 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,653.

#16,881

rank among US surnames

1,688

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,104)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,876	Melnik	1,689	182,798
#16,881	Locher	1,688	182,906
#16,887	Howery	1,687	183,015

Who is named Dorgan

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

93% of people named Dorgan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dorgans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Byron Dorgan
American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dorgan

Dorgan has the Soundex code D625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D625.

Questions

How common is the surname Dorgan?: 1,688 people in the United States had the surname Dorgan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,906 Americans. It ranked 16,881st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dorgan?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dorgan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Dorgan?: Byron Dorgan, American author, businessman, and politician (born 1942).
Where is the surname Dorgan most common?: Wikidata records people named Dorgan in the United States.
Is the surname Dorgan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,653 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,688 in 2010, up 2.1%.