The surname Dorries
A German surname, carried by 430 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D620
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Dörries, modified from Latin Īsidōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros, literally “gift of Isis”).
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 430 people named Dorries in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 718,013 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 364.
Who is named Dorries
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Dorries identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Dorries has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dorries come from?
- Borrowed from German Dörries, modified from Latin Īsidōrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσίδωρος (Isídōros, literally “gift of Isis”).
- How common is the surname Dorries?
- 430 people in the United States had the surname Dorries in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 718,013 Americans. It ranked 48,995th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dorries?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dorries identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Dorries getting more or less common?
- More common. 364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 430 in 2010, up 18%.