How common is the last name Doherty?

26,897 people in the United States have the last name Doherty, about 1 in 11,113. It ranks #1,280 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOHERTY

#1,280

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
26,897
About
1 in 11,113
This common or more
42.6%
Who bears it

Of the 26,897 people with the last name Doherty, 92.4% reported their origin as White, 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Doherty

#1,278 Delatorre · 26,920#1,279 Hastings · 26,903#1,281 Renteria · 26,887#1,282 Lockhart · 26,866

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Doherty, most common first.

#90,519 Dorty · 219#115,686 Dorety · 160

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