# Dort (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 742 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,251 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 416,099 people |
| Change since 2000 | +19% (624 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Dorten, a metronymic from Dorothea (see Dorothy). * As a Dutch surname, shortened form of a placename Dordrecht.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dort 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Dorado, Dart, Dority, Doherty, Duarte, Dehart, Durrett, Dearth, Drawdy, Duhart.

## 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.