Dorsey is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dorsey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dorsey

How popular is Dorsey?

Dorsey is common in United States.

Dorsey is ranked 11136 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dorsey bearers increased by 6.14782 per cent in 2010 US census to 43631 since 2000, the surname slipped by 30 spots and ranked at 793. The last name was found in around 148 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 52.16 51.81
White 41.84 43.97
Others 3.18 2.27
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 1.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.44
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.29
Dorsey is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Gibraltar is ahead in terms of density. Around 48240 people have been found who wears Dorsey as their family name. Dorsey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
705 Gibraltar7
7,646 Japan7
1,014,159 India4
381,097 Ukraine4
10,686 Costa Rica3
30,723 Georgia3
3,224 Afghanistan3
9,500 Ghana3
50,640 Switzerland2
4,104 South Korea2
18,718 Thailand2
44,018 Poland2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
20,595 China2
54,641 Sweden2
118,441 Germany2
28,083 Romania2
34,681 Norway2
53,505 Turkey1
53,033 Nigeria1
151,601 Spain1
923 Turks and Caicos Islands1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
37,493 Austria1
36,678 Singapore1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
42,479 Greece1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
10,683 Cyprus1
24,771 Colombia1
169,904 Brazil1
1,879 Belize1
10,190 Bahrain1
6,820 Angola1
5,467 Haiti1
8,859 Iraq1
16,640 Hong Kong1
66,560 Philippines1
9,591 Panama1
5,916 Mozambique1
38,830 Morocco1
12,270 Lebanon1
17,575 Kuwait1
49,529 Israel1
28,746 Algeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
886 United States Virgin Islands18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,953 New Zealand90
117,149 France73
Countries with hundreds of Dorsey:
8,919 Canada453
11,329 Mexico393
27,382 England172
22,464 Australia110
Countries with ten thousands of Dorsey:
793 United States46,782
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 24 years old workman Michael Dorsey who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on April 4, 1846 by Fredonia put out from Liverpool. William Dorsey, aged 24, Pat. Dorsey, aged 20, Workwoman Mary Dorsey, Ellen Dorsey (22) Immigrant, Hugh Dorsey, aged 18, 17 years old Catharine Dorsey, Juedah Dorsey, aged 24, William Dorsey, aged 27, and 44 other Dorsey around 63.64% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US.

Dorsey Namesakes

  • In 2012, Jacque Dorsey portrayed the role of Brenda in drama movie The Red Bowtie.
  • In 2011 drama and music film, Last Winter, Robin Dorsey characterized Rose.
  • In 2010, Kibwe Dorsey portrayed the role of Kendrick Downs in drama and family movie My Song for You.

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