How common is the surname Dorsey?

43,631 people in the United States had the surname Dorsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,076 Americans. It ranked 793rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dorsey?

Jack Dorsey, American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter, followed by Tommy Dorsey.

Where is the surname Dorsey most common?

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

Is the surname Dorsey getting more or less common?

More common. 41,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,631 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Dorsey

A Norman place surname, carried by 43,631 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dorsey is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Norman origin

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

Dorsey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 43,631 people named Dorsey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,076 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,104.

#793

rank among US surnames

43,631

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#784	Marin	43,904	7,032
#785	Berger	43,851	7,041
#786	McIntyre	43,842	7,042
#787	Blankenship	43,830	7,044
#788	Gaines	43,821	7,046
#789	Palacios	43,798	7,049
#790	Cuevas	43,701	7,065

Who is named Dorsey

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

52% of people named Dorsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 42% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 52%
White (not Hispanic) 42%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dorseys

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack Dorsey
American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter, born 1976
Tommy Dorsey
American big band leader and musician, 1905–1956
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey , 1904–1957
Tyler Dorsey
American–Greek basketball player, born 1996
Joey Dorsey
American basketball player (born 1983)
Kerris Dorsey
American actress, born 1998
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of ea, 1899–1993
Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer (1924–1986)
Omar Dorsey
American actor, born 1975
Hugh M. Dorsey
American judge (1871-1948)
Stephen Wallace Dorsey
American politician (1842-1916)
Sandra Dorsey
Actress, director, writer, choreotographer, 1939–2023

Notable Dorseys come mostly from the United States (13) and Greece (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dorsey

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

Other Norman surnames

All 128 Norman surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dorsey come from?: Habitational surname from Norman de (“of”) + Orsay, a town in France.
How common is the surname Dorsey?: 43,631 people in the United States had the surname Dorsey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,076 Americans. It ranked 793rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dorsey?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Dorsey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 42% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dorsey?: Jack Dorsey, American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter, followed by Tommy Dorsey.
Where is the surname Dorsey most common?: Wikidata records people named Dorsey in the United States and Greece.
What type of surname is Dorsey?: Dorsey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dorsey getting more or less common?: More common. 41,104 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,631 in 2010, up 6.1%.