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    The surname Dort

    A surname, carried by 742 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D630

    Dort: #31,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dort #31,251, 742 people Dort: #31,251 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dort #31,251, 742 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dort is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 742 people named Dort in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,099 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 624.

    #31,251
    rank among US surnames
    742
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.9%
    change since 2000 (was #34,342)

    Who is named Dort

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

    55% of people named Dort identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dort

    Dort has the Soundex code D630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D630.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dort come from?
    * As a German surname, from Dorten, a metronymic from Dorothea (see Dorothy). * As a Dutch surname, shortened form of a placename Dordrecht.
    How common is the surname Dort?
    742 people in the United States had the surname Dort in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,099 Americans. It ranked 31,251st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dort?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Dort identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dort getting more or less common?
    More common. 624 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 742 in 2010, up 19%.