How common is the surname Doe?

7,066 people in the United States had the surname Doe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,695 Americans. It ranked 4,972nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Doe?

In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Doe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Doe?

Samuel Doe, 21st President of Liberia, followed by Thomas Doe.

Where is the surname Doe most common?

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

Is the surname Doe getting more or less common?

Less common. 11,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,066 in 2010, down 39%.

The surname Doe

A French surname, carried by 7,066 people in the United States.

Pronounced /doʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doe is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

* 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.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,066 people named Doe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,695 Americans. That is down 39% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,603.

#4,972

rank among US surnames

7,066

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

-39.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,834)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,963	Feller	7,085	43,577
#4,964	Palomares	7,084	43,584
#4,965	Oropeza	7,082	43,596
#4,966	Lagunas	7,080	43,608
#4,968	Turcios	7,073	43,651
#4,969	Rudy	7,069	43,676
#4,971	Guido	7,068	43,682

Who is named Doe

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

55% of people named Doe identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Does

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Doe
21st President of Liberia, 1951–1990
Thomas Doe
Bobsledder (1912–1969)
Charles Doe
American rugby union player (1898–1995)

Notable Does come mostly from the United States (2) and Liberia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Doe

Doe has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Doe come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Doe?: 7,066 people in the United States had the surname Doe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,695 Americans. It ranked 4,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doe?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Doe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Doe?: Samuel Doe, 21st President of Liberia, followed by Thomas Doe.
Where is the surname Doe most common?: Wikidata records people named Doe in the United States and Liberia.
How do you pronounce Doe?: Doe is /doʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Doe getting more or less common?: Less common. 11,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,066 in 2010, down 39%.