# Dorsey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dorsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Norman.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norman |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 43,631 |
| US rank (2010) | 793 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,076 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (41,104 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from Norman de (“of”) + Orsay, a town in France.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dorsey 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) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dorsey in the United States and Greece.

## People named Dorsey

- Jack Dorsey, American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter
- Tommy Dorsey, American big band leader and musician
- Jimmy Dorsey, American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey 
- Tyler Dorsey, American–Greek basketball player
- Joey Dorsey, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Kerris Dorsey, American actress
- Thomas A. Dorsey, American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of ea
- Lee Dorsey, American pop/R&B singer (1924–1986)
- Omar Dorsey, American actor
- Hugh M. Dorsey, American judge (1871-1948)
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey, American politician (1842-1916)
- Sandra Dorsey, actress, director, writer, choreotographer

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Dorris, Derose, Doris, Dorries, Dorsch, Drake, Derrick, Derosa, Darcy, Dirks, Durkee, Drews.

## 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.