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    The surname Dougan

    A surname, carried by 3,502 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D250

    Dougan: #9,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dougan #9,293, 3,502 people Dougan: #9,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dougan #9,293, 3,502 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dougan is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Dugan.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,502 people named Dougan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,163 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,301.

    #9,293
    rank among US surnames
    3,502
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,100)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,286Clack3,50588,087
    #9,289Leboeuf3,50488,112
    #9,291Heald3,50388,137
    #9,293Slusser3,50288,163
    #9,297Shamblin3,50188,188
    #9,298Spitz3,50088,213
    #9,301Robillard3,49988,238

    Who is named Dougan

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

    89% of people named Dougan identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dougans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rob Dougan
      Australian composer, born 1969

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dougan

    Dougan has the Soundex code D250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dougan come from?
    Variant of Dugan.
    How common is the surname Dougan?
    3,502 people in the United States had the surname Dougan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,163 Americans. It ranked 9,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dougan?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dougan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dougan?
    Rob Dougan, Australian composer.
    Where is the surname Dougan most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dougan in Australia.
    Is the surname Dougan getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,301 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,502 in 2010, up 6.1%.