as a Last Name
- 4,898
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Dorsett
Meaning & Origins
English: regional name from the county of Dorset, named from Old English Dorn, an early name of Dorchester (of British origin, from durn ‘fist’, probably referring to fist-sized pebbles) + sǣte ‘dwellers’.
| 6,056th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,898
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Dorsett per capita
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