Last Name DORAN

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Meaning The son of Dorr. 'Doran,' Gaelic, an otter; 'Doran,' grief, depression of spirits. Dorran, Gaelic, vexation, anger.
Origin Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Romanian, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 2,013 (2000 US census) 1,961 (1990 US census)
Count 16,509 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.06%, or 15198 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.74%, or 287 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.79%, or 130 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.35%, or 58 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.22%, or 201 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 3.84%, or 634 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

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