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The surname Dortch

A surname, carried by 4,817 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D632

Dortch: #6,965 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dortch #6,965, 4,817 people Dortch: #6,965 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dortch #6,965, 4,817 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dortch is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,817 people named Dortch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,095 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,368.

#6,965
rank among US surnames
4,817
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+10.3%
change since 2000 (was #7,061)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,958Suttles4,82164,042
#6,960Rolle4,81964,068
#6,961Dull4,81864,082
#6,965Sigala4,81764,095
#6,968Peach4,81564,122
#6,969Neighbors4,81464,135

Who is named Dortch

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

60% of people named Dortch identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Black (not Hispanic) 60%
  • White (not Hispanic) 35%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Dortch?
4,817 people in the United States had the surname Dortch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,095 Americans. It ranked 6,965th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dortch?
In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Dortch identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Dortch getting more or less common?
More common. 4,368 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,817 in 2010, up 10%.