The Dorland surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 633 people carried this name — #35,537 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 23% from 821 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Dorland surname
Borrowed from Dutch Dorland or a variant of French Douland.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dorland» (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 118 people named Dorland.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Dorland,
with a public archive behind them.
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W. A. Newman Dorland 1864–1956 · physician -
Regina Dorland Robinson 1891–1917 · artist -
Philip Dorland 1755–1814 · politician
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Thomas Dorland 1759–1832 · farmer
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Arthur G. Dorland 1887–1979 · historian
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Dorothy Dorland 1907–1995 · university student
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dorland.
- Dorio 510 · U.S. census
- Dorion 546 · U.S. census
- Doriot 153 · U.S. census
- Doris 1,817 · U.S. census
- Dorival 330 · U.S. census
- Dorlac 105 · U.S. census
- D'Orleans 216 · U.S. census
- Dorn 10,206 · U.S. census
- Dornberger 116 · U.S. census
- Dorne 187 · U.S. census
- Dorner 2,148 · U.S. census
- Dornier 121 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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