The Doty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,965 people carried this name — #2,009 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 17,874 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Doty surname

English surname, probably a variant of Doughty.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Doty» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

80 families named Doty, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 447 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 41
Massachusetts 17
Connecticut 6
North Carolina 6
Vermont 4
Pennsylvania 4
Maine 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 237 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Doty in American newspapers,
1913–1929.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Doty
The Lexington Advertiser 1929-01-17
Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Doty
The Lexington Advertiser 1919-06-13
Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Doty
The Lexington Advertiser 1913-06-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 224,278 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Doty in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

537 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doty. The most, 167, date from the 1860s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 253
New South Wales 113
Queensland 61
South Australia 51
Tasmania 24
Western Australia 19
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doty.

Who carried it

People named Doty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Duane Doty
    James Duane Doty 1799–1865 · judge
  • Sile Doty
    Sile Doty 1800–1876
  • Elihu Doty
    Elihu Doty 1809–1864 · missionary
  • Edward Doty 1590–1655 · domestic worker
  • Joseph Doty 1651–1732
  • Joseph Doty, Jr. 1683–1748

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Doty,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States1,735 records

1,735 records of the Doty name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 632
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 475
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 324
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 226
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 39
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • Sacramento County historic burials 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Sherlock Doty

    Born 1932; from Hudson County, New Jersey. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph D. Doty

    Born 1926 in Kansas. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Leavenworth; driver from Wichita County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary A. Doty

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the R.a. Hem from Liverpool, aged 36; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,735 records for Doty in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada135 records

135 records of the Doty name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 127
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ralph Gilchrist Doty

    Buried in 1978 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 46.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ella J. Doty

    Died 1894 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James Henry Doty

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 135 records for Doty in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Doty name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Olida Doty

    Born 1928 in Escautpont; died 1982 in Maubeuge (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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