The Dornier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 121 people carried this name — #138,304 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 112 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 696 people named Dornier.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Doubs.
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
54 people named Dornier live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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.
Who carried it
People named Dornier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Céline Dornier 1825–1894 · painter
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Charles Dornier 1873–1954
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Claudius Dornier 1884–1969 · engineer
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Claudius Dornier 1884–1969 · engineer
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François Dornier 1913–2008 · religious
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Claudius Dornier 1914–1986 · entrepreneur
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dornier.
- Dorland 633 · 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
- Dornon 325 · U.S. census
- Doro 486 · U.S. census
- Doron 373 · U.S. census
- Dorr 5,814 · U.S. census
- Dorre 131 · U.S. census
- Dorschner 285 · U.S. census
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