Explore the Family Name Dougall

The meaning of Dougall

Scottish and Irish (Antrim): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill (see McDougall).

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How common is the last name Dougall in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Dougall has seen a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Dougall was ranked as the 37,688th most popular surname, but by 2010 it fell slightly to rank 39,352. The actual count of people with the Dougall surname, however, increased marginally from 555 in 2000 to 559 in 2010, marking a growth rate of 0.72 percent. Despite this increase, the proportion of individuals with the Dougall surname per 100,000 people declined by 9.52 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#37,688	#39,352	-4.42%
Count	555	559	0.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.21	0.19	-9.52%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Dougall

According to the ethnicity table from the Decennial U.S. Census, there have been some noticeable changes in the ethnic identities associated with the Dougall surname between 2000 and 2010. A small percentage of those with the Dougall name identify as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, where there were none in 2000. The percentage of those identifying as two or more races decreased significantly, from 1.98 percent in 2000 to 0.89 percent in 2010. The majority still identifies as white, although the percentage dropped from 84.32 in 2000 to 81.93 in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Hispanic more than doubled, from 2.16 percent to 4.65 percent, and the percentage identifying as Black also increased from 9.01 percent to 10.55 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
White	84.32%	81.93%	-2.83%
Black	9.01%	10.55%	17.09%
Hispanic	2.16%	4.65%	115.28%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.07%	0%
Two or More Races	1.98%	0.89%	-55.05%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.89%	0%