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The surname Dorsch

A surname, carried by 1,580 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D620

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorsch is more common than 89.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,580 people named Dorsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,409 Americans. That is down 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,662.

#17,734
rank among US surnames
1,580
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-4.9%
change since 2000 (was #16,028)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,726Fader1,581195,285
#17,734Dorsch1,580195,409

Who is named Dorsch

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

94% of people named Dorsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dorsch

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dorsch?
1,580 people in the United States had the surname Dorsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,409 Americans. It ranked 17,734th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dorsch?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Dorsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Dorsch getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,662 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,580 in 2010, down 4.9%.