The Dorn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,206 people carried this name — #3,502 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,107 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 339 people named Dorn.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
170 people named Dorn live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
112 people named Dorn have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 203 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 79 people named Dorn live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
29 people named Dorn is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Dorn in American newspapers,
1882–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 154,226 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dorn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Dorn 1759–1841 · artist -
Heinrich Dorn 1804–1892 · composer -
Bernhard Dorn 1805–1881 · librarian -
Leo Dorn 1836–1915 · hunter -
Ludolf Dorn 1841–1891 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 212 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dorn.
- Doriot 153 · U.S. census
- Doris 1,817 · U.S. census
- Dorival 330 · U.S. census
- Dorlac 105 · U.S. census
- Dorland 633 · U.S. census
- D'Orleans 216 · U.S. census
- Dornberger 116 · U.S. census
- Dorne 187 · U.S. census
- Dorner 2,148 · U.S. census
- Dornier 121 · U.S. census
- Dornon 325 · U.S. census
- Doro 486 · U.S. census
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