The surname Dorward
An English occupational surname, carried by 453 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D663
Origin
English origin
Scottish occupational surname for a doorkeeper, from Old English duru (“door”) + weard (“guard”).
Dorward is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 453 people named Dorward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 681,557 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 457.
Who is named Dorward
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Dorward identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Dorwart
Dorward has the Soundex code D663, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D663.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Dorward come from?
- Scottish occupational surname for a doorkeeper, from Old English duru (“door”) + weard (“guard”).
- How common is the surname Dorward?
- 453 people in the United States had the surname Dorward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 681,557 Americans. It ranked 46,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dorward?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Dorward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- What type of surname is Dorward?
- Dorward is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Dorward getting more or less common?
- Less common. 457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 453 in 2010, down 0.9%.
- What are other spellings of Dorward?
- Dorwart.