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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.

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.