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Dockery
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English
Etymology
Two main origins:
Variant of en Dockray, an English habitational surname.
Reduced Anglicized form of en ga Ó Dochraidh, a variant of ga Ó Dochartaigh, from which en Doherty.
Proper noun
~ s
en countable en.
en uncountable A placename, from the surname:
en unincorporated community co/Sunflower County s/Mississippi c/US.
en unincorporated community co/Ray County s/Missouri c/US.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Dockery is the 3089th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11644 individuals. Dockery is most common among White (65.97%) and Black/African American (29.31%) individuals.
Further reading
en surnames from Irish