Dorr surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Dorr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,814 people carried this name — #5,928 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,799).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 242 people named Dorr.

36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 36
Moselle 86
Paris 29
Meurthe-et-Moselle 21
Vosges 10
Hauts-de-Seine 5
Bas-Rhin 5
Val-de-Marne 5
Nièvre 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

134 people named Dorr live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 32
Basel-Stadt 22
Bern 16
Basel-Landschaft 15
St. Gallen 14
Aargau 11
Solothurn 7
Thurgau 6

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 94 people named Dorr 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 45
City of Buenos Aires 26
Misiones 23

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 31 people named Dorr 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 Liège.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 31

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Dorr in American newspapers,
1903–1915.

Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Dorr
San Antonio Daily Light 1903-06-15
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Dorr
The Montgomery Advertiser 1915-01-10
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Dorr
The Ogden Standard 1915-01-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 162,891 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dorr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sullivan Dorr
    Sullivan Dorr 1778–1858
  • Lydia Allen Dorr
    Lydia Allen Dorr 1782–1859
  • Albert Irwin Dorr d. 1947
  • Edmund Dorr 1692–1772
  • Edward Dorr 1722–1772
  • Eve Dorr 1733–1814

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Dorr.

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