How common is the surname Dorr?

5,814 people in the United States had the surname Dorr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,104 Americans. It ranked 5,928th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dorr?

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

Where is the surname Dorr most common?

Wikidata records people named Dorr in the United States.

Is the surname Dorr getting more or less common?

More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,814 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Dorr

A surname, carried by 5,814 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorr is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,814 people named Dorr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 53,104 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 5,799.

#5,928

rank among US surnames

5,814

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,507)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,923	Lanza	5,819	53,058
#5,924	Arceneaux	5,818	53,067
#5,925	Daughtry	5,816	53,086
#5,928	Dorr	5,814	53,104

Who is named Dorr

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

93% of people named Dorr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dorrs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rheta Childe Dorr
American war correspondent, investigative journalist, political writer (1866-1948)
Laurence J. Dorr
American botanist, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dorr

Dorr has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

Questions

How common is the surname Dorr?: 5,814 people in the United States had the surname Dorr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 53,104 Americans. It ranked 5,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dorr?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Dorr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dorr?: Rheta Childe Dorr, American war correspondent, investigative journalist, political writer (1866-1948), followed by Laurence J. Dorr.
Where is the surname Dorr most common?: Wikidata records people named Dorr in the United States.
Is the surname Dorr getting more or less common?: More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,814 in 2010, up 0.3%.