Dorantes

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Dorantes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 105K
  • GTGuatemala≈1 in 64K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

3,181 people, 2010

Sources
190 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Venezuela, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dorantes counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dorantes is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—3,1811 in 105K3.2KDorantes190
VE Venezuela—≈2,000 est.≈1 in 15K—Dorantes21
ES Spain—5291 in 95K529Dorantes58
GT Guatemala—≈270 est.≈1 in 64K—Dorantes11
CL Chile—≈240 est.≈1 in 75K—Dorantes14
SV El Salvador—≈76 est.≈1 in 85K—Dorantes6
MX Mexico#424——878Dorantes173

3,181 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dorantes is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Doran-Tes, Dorantès

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Döräntes

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Sergio Dorantes, b. 1946Thelma Dorantes, b. 1949Raúl Alberto Salinas, b. 1978Rodrigo Salinas, b. 1988Memo Dorantes, b. 1995

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Dorantes have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.2 thousand people named Dorantes, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorantes.
How common is the name Dorantes?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,181 people named Dorantes in 2010, about 1 in 105 thousand residents.
How common is Dorantes compared with other names?
In Mexico, Dorantes is the 424th most common surname of 206,803 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dorantes” — the 424th most common surname in Mexico. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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