How common is the surname Dorney?

1,022 people in the United States had the surname Dorney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dorney?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dorney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Dorney getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 7.2%.

The surname Dorney

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,022 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorney is more common than 84.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Doirinne (“descendant of Doireann”), a personal name related to dodaire (“sullen, sulky”).

Dorney is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,022 people named Dorney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. That is down 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,101.

#24,483

rank among US surnames

1,022

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-7.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,958)

Who is named Dorney

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

96% of people named Dorney identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Durney

Surnames that sound like Dorney

Dorney has the Soundex code D650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D650.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dorney come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Doirinne (“descendant of Doireann”), a personal name related to dodaire (“sullen, sulky”).
How common is the surname Dorney?: 1,022 people in the United States had the surname Dorney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,099 Americans. It ranked 24,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dorney?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Dorney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Dorney?: Dorney is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dorney getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,022 in 2010, down 7.2%.
What are other spellings of Dorney?: Durney.