Surname Checker / Doherty
How Common Is the Last Name Doherty?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Doherty today
30,766
Ranked #1,264 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.42 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,787 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
94.83%
Black
0.89%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.63%
Hispanic
1.98%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.