The Dorey surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,639 people carried this name — #17,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 21% from 1,360 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dorey surname
Nickname for a goldsmith or someone with golden hair, from Old French doré (“golden”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dorey» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 819 people named Dorey.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Manche.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Dorey,
with a public archive behind them.
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Halstead Dorey 1874–1946 · military officer -
Muriel Dorey d. 1959
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Jean Dorey 1831–1872 · journalist
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Theodora Cheney Dorey 1874–1951
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Stanley Fabes Dorey 1891–1972 · engineer
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Lewis Dorey 1901–1958 · cricketer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dorey.
- Dor 766 · U.S. census
- Dorado 5,345 · U.S. census
- Doray 189 · U.S. census
- Dore 5,075 · U.S. census
- Doree 159 · U.S. census
- Doremus 1,418 · U.S. census
- Dorgan 1,688 · U.S. census
- Dori 238 · U.S. census
- Doria 3,074 · U.S. census
- Dorian 967 · U.S. census
- Dorie 154 · U.S. census
- Dorilas 139 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dorey is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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