# Doty (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/doty/  
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) | 17,965 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,009 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,186 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (17,874 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdauti/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Doty 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Doty in the United States.

## People named Doty

- Kathryn Adams Doty, actress, psychologist, writer (1920-2016)
- Mark Doty, American poet and memoirist
- James Duane Doty, American politician (1799-1865)

## Similar surnames

Dowdy, Duty, Doody, Dowty, Dodd, Dewitt, Dowd, Duda, Doud, Ditto, Dade, Dutta.

## 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.