Globally, Dorcus (Dorcus 
) is quite a rare female forename. The first name Dorcus is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Botswana, where it is quite a common girly name, Tanzania, where it is quite a rare girly name, and South Africa. Much less frequently, Dorcus is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Dorcus | Botswana, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania |
| roy melvin dorcus (b. 1901) |
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dorcus inzikuru Ugandan long-distance runner, UG (b. 1982) |
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| dorcus kiwanuka henriksson researcher (b. 1976) |
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| dorcus kholofelo malomane researcher (ORCID 0000-0003-4577-0781) |
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| dorcus c gemenet researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-4901-1694 |
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| dorcus ajok Ugandan middle-distance runner, UG (b. 1994) |
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