Döering
A German surname, most likely from a personal name or a place-name, with the umlauted spelling later simplified to Doering in English contexts.
The #7,044 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 64,944 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Doering is an English spelling of German names written with ö, especially Döring. In many cases it is thought to come from a shortened form of a personal name or from a regional name, rather than from an obvious everyday German word. The spelling Doering reflects the common replacement of German ö with oe in countries that do not use umlauts.
History
The name appears in German-speaking areas and was carried abroad by emigrants, which helped establish the spelling Doering in the United States. The historical excerpt provided mentions Doering only in a list of notable names, not as an etymological explanation, so it does not materially clarify the surname’s origin.
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Fun fact
In English-language records, oe is often used to preserve the sound of German ö, so Doering and Döring may represent the same family name in different spellings.
From the historical record
“Robert Blum, Haeklander, Fuchsius, Rubens, Mozart, Handel, Haydn, Gliick, Mendelsohn, Meyerbeer, Flotow, Richard Wagner, Dindorf, Doering, Brah6 (Tycho?),Enck6, Halley, Euler, Biela, Fichte, Heinsius, Lipsius, Liebig, Lavater, Ollendorf, Hans C. Anderson, Jacob Grimm, Muhl- bach, Moramsen, Ellsler, Rothschild…”
— A Grammar of American Surnames