Dorcely

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Dorcély. This surname is predominantly found in Haiti.

Proper noun

Dorcely (plural Dorcelys)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dorcely is the 37646^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 591 individuals. Dorcely is most common among Black/African American (94.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dorcely”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 480.