The Doro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 486 people carried this name — #44,270 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 466 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Doro surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Patronymic surname, from the apheresis of Teodoro, Polidoro, or Eliodoro.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Doro» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 187 people named Doro 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 Río Negro.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 142 people named Doro.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often La Réunion.
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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 68 people named Doro live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Doro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marie Doro 1882–1956 · stage actor -
Mino Doro 1903–1992 · actor -
Mino Doro 1903–1992 · actor
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Edward Doro 1909–1987 · poet
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Sándor Dóró 1950– · artist
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Antonio Doro 1958– · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doro.
- 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
- Dornon 325 · U.S. census
- Doron 373 · U.S. census
- Dorr 5,814 · U.S. census
- Dorre 131 · U.S. census
- Dorschner 285 · U.S. census
- Dorso 305 · U.S. census
- Dort 742 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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