Dorsey
English
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Etymology
[edit]Habitational surname from Norman de (“of”) + Orsay, a town in France.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)si
Proper noun
[edit]Dorsey (countable and uncountable, plural Dorseys)
- A surname from Norman.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska, United States.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dorsey is the 793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 43,631 individuals. Dorsey is most common among Black (52.2%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dorsey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 482.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Norman
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)si
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)si/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Norman
- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Maryland, USA
- en:Places in Maryland, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Mississippi, USA
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Nebraska, USA
- en:Places in Nebraska, USA