# Dority (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dority/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,835 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,857 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 168,254 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (1,744 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dority 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Similar surnames

Dort, Doherty, 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.