Dorothy is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dorothy
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dorothy

How popular is Dorothy?

Dorothy is common in United States.

Dorothy is ranked 48002 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dorothies plummeted by 10.73826 per cent to 798 since 2000 and slipped by 3705 spots and ranked at 29550. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.34 83.89
Black 9.27 8.05
Hispanic or Latino 2.26 3.24
Others 2.01 2.01
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5 1.01
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 1.79
Dorothy is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Uganda which signifies that it is originated from Uganda. Around 9953 people have been found who wears Dorothy as their family name. Dorothy is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
16,722 Nigeria8
4,384 Northern Ireland3
12,844 Pakistan2
12,172 Ghana2
2,744 Rwanda2
219,873 France2
2,168 Suriname2
14,618 Guyana1
8,268 Mauritius1
16,228 Bulgaria1
123,175 Tanzania1
8,181 Botswana1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
165,773 Belarus1
20,172 Hungary1
1,572 Macau1
6,688 Malawi1
118,015 Netherlands1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
5,872 Namibia1
2,024 Mongolia1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
5,589 Sudan1
56,169 Mexico1
492,292 Ukraine1
3,307 Malta1
18,969 Wales1
7,790 Zambia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
149,779 Indonesia49
6,376 Singapore47
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
11,040 Scotland39
52,530 Belgium22
11,387 Ireland22
3,343 China13
442,509 Russia12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,858 Hong Kong83
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Dorothy:
7,382 Kenya706
4,801 Cameroon694
18,360 South Africa329
39,199 Philippines258
2,953 New Zealand258
20,346 England258
11,991 Australia230
71,225 Germany134
137,729 India130
27,448 Canada124
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Dorothy:
1,656 Uganda3,734
13,460 United States2,556
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Dorothy worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 30 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Roscius and arrived on February 21, 1848.

Dorothy Namesakes

  • Lady Victoria Alexandrina Elizabeth Dorothy Manners, John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland's daughter
  • Allyne Dorothy Franks, Ronald Adam's wife
  • Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire's daughter
  • Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire's daughter
  • Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire's daughter
  • M. Dorothy "Dot" Rogers, Oceanographer
  • Dorothy Wiggin, Musical artist
  • Evie Dorothy Baxter, Victoria Smurfit's daughter
  • Frances Dorothy Cartwright, Poet
  • Lady Dorothy Macmillan, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire's daughter

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