Dorey is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dorey
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dorey

How popular is Dorey?

Dorey is common in England.

Dorey is ranked 57603 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Doreies grew by 20.51471 per cent to 1639 since 2000 and ranked 17274 after elevating 1393 spots. The last name was found in around 6 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 89.81 93.82
Dorey is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 8076 people have been found who wears Dorey as their family name. Dorey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
527,030 Indonesia7
114,007 Czech Republic4
3,707 Malawi3
119,730 Brazil3
54,641 Sweden2
20,595 China2
19,046 Ireland2
17,547 Colombia2
21,529 Singapore2
40,256 Mexico2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
897,276 Russia1
53,033 Nigeria1
1,704,541 India1
15,162 Costa Rica1
20,172 Hungary1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
7,292 Vietnam1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
492,292 Ukraine1
66,560 Philippines1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,564 New Zealand50
23,537 Switzerland45
73,929 Spain21
3,830 Luxembourg20
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,105 Wales90
93 Jersey89
Countries with hundreds of Dorey:
9,626 Australia292
15 Guernsey195
2,099 Botswana188
3,076 Portugal185
30,064 South Africa183
4,818 Scotland118
Countries with thousands of Dorey:
2,647 Canada1,844
19,589 United States1,647
5,492 France1,543
4,878 England1,511
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Dorey from Ireland aboard the Robert Parks from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on May 25, 1846. Mary Dorey (22), Cathe. Dorey, 30 years old Patk. Dorey, 27 years old Joha. Dorey, 2 years old Patk.Jnr. Dorey, are other Dorey that migrated to US.

Comments

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Dorey is a family name, represents a regional variant of dore, with apheresis form theodore, name and patronymic of baptism from the Greek god theodore donation.

Dorey Namesakes

  • Jim Dorey, Ice hockey player
  • Justin Dorey, Freestyle skier
  • Brett Dorey, Cricketer
  • Peter Dorey, Author
  • Henri Dorey, Politician
  • Maureen Dorey, Screenwriter
  • Kerry Dorey, Actor
  • Lewis Dorey, Cricket Player
  • Susan Dorey, Musical Artist
  • T. A. Dorey, Author

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