Explore the Family Name Dorrian

The meaning of Dorrian

Irish: County Down and Donegal variant of Doran. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Seamus.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Dorrian in the United States?

Based on information from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Dorrian has seen a marginal shift in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 51,024th most common surname, but by 2010, it had dropped slightly to the 52,736th position, marking a decline of 3.36%. Despite this decrease in rank, the count of individuals with the Dorrian surname actually increased by 2.34% during this decade, going from 384 in 2000 to 393 in 2010. However, its proportion per 100,000 people fell by 7.14%, indicating that while the absolute number of people named Dorrian grew, its prevalence relative to other surnames declined.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#51,024	#52,736	-3.36%
Count	384	393	2.34%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dorrian

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Dorrian also experienced some changes from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. The overwhelming majority of those with the Dorrian surname identify as White, although this percentage slightly decreased from 97.14% in 2000 to 94.4% in 2010. During this same period, the percentage identifying as Black saw a significant increase of 76.15%, moving from 1.30% to 2.29%. The surname also began to be associated with the Hispanic community, which was not the case in 2000. There were no recorded instances of individuals with this surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.14%	94.4%	-2.82%
Black	1.3%	2.29%	76.15%
Hispanic	0%	1.78%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%