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    The surname Dorris

    A surname, carried by 6,644 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D620

    Dorris: #5,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dorris #5,251, 6,644 people Dorris: #5,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dorris #5,251, 6,644 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorris is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Doris.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,644 people named Dorris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,470 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,556.

    #5,251
    rank among US surnames
    6,644
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #4,925)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,246Pedro6,64946,435
    #5,247Chrisman6,64746,449
    #5,250Harrigan6,64646,456
    #5,251Bordelon6,64446,470

    Who is named Dorris

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

    81% of people named Dorris identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dorriss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael Dorris
      American fiction writer, essayist, memoirist (1945–1997)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dorris

    Dorris has the Soundex code D620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D620.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dorris come from?
    Variant of Doris.
    How common is the surname Dorris?
    6,644 people in the United States had the surname Dorris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,470 Americans. It ranked 5,251st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dorris?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Dorris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dorris?
    Michael Dorris, American fiction writer, essayist, memoirist (1945–1997).
    Where is the surname Dorris most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dorris in the United States.
    Is the surname Dorris getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,644 in 2010, up 1.3%.