# Dorn (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dorn/  
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) | 10,206 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,502 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,251 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (10,107 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dorn 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dorn in the United States, Switzerland and Germany.

## People named Dorn

- Michael Dorn, American actor
- Gerhard Dorn, Belgian physician, writer and translator (ca. 1530/35 - 1584 or later)
- Dolores Dorn, American actress (1934–2019)
- Joel Dorn, American record producer (1942–2007)
- Pius Dorn, association football player

## Similar surnames

Doran, Drown, Doiron, Drouin, Dorian, Dorney, Drone, Dern, Dorame, Drohan, Duran, Durham.

## 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.