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The DORSETT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 5,121 6161 0.002 19
United States (1880 census) 961 5640 0.002 19
Change since 1880 +4160 -521 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 201 7514 0.001 12
United Kingdom 750 6575 0.002 16
Top States for DORSETT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 890 2689 0.004 43
North Carolina 569 2107 0.007 71
Florida 531 4000 0.003 33
California 345 8162 0.001 10
Alabama 290 2350 0.007 65
Top States for DORSETT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 569 2107 0.007 71
Alabama 290 2350 0.007 65
Indiana 287 2820 0.005 47
Texas 890 2689 0.004 43
Vermont 21 4621 0.003 34

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DORSETT live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DORSETT represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DORSETT in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DORSETT by picking someone at random in North Carolina than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DORSETT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Diminutive

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DORSETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DORSETT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DORSETT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 209 4.08
Mixed Race 69 1.35
Native American/Alaskan 20 0.39
Asian/Pacific 19 0.37
White (Caucasian) 3,782 73.85
Black/African American 1,022 19.96

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DORSETT surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DORSETT in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DORSETT.

Similar names to DORSETT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DORSETT.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DORSETT

The following words are slight variants of DORSETT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.