# Dorr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dorr/  
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) | 5,814 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,928 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 53,104 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (5,799 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dorr 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dorr in the United States.

## People named Dorr

- Rheta Childe Dorr, American war correspondent, investigative journalist, political writer (1866-1948)
- Laurence J. Dorr, American botanist

## Similar surnames

Derr, Durr, Darr, Doerr, Dore, Doria, Dorey, Dorrough, Dora, Dower, Dyer, Dwyer.

## 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.