# Doe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/doe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname of English origin.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,066 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,972 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,695 people |
| Change since 2000 | -39.1% (11,603 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /doʊ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun doe. * As a Norman surname, from Old French d' Eu, from Eu, Seine-Maritime. That city's name could be from Frankish *auwju (“island, water meadow”) or otherwise a reduction of Latin Augusta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Doe in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 8.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Doe in the United States and Liberia.

## People named Doe

- Samuel Doe, 21st President of Liberia
- Thomas Doe, bobsledder (1912–1969)
- Charles Doe, American rugby union player (1898–1995)

## Similar surnames

Do, Dow, Doi, Dowe, Day, Dye, Dewey, Dao, Du, Dee, Dew, Dai.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.