# Dougherty (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,884 |
| US rank (2010) | 915 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,150 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.1% (37,903 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Doherty.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dougherty 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dougherty in the United States.

## People named Dougherty

- Michael Dougherty, American screenwriter
- James Dougherty, American police officer and husband of Marilyn Monroe (1921–2005)
- Richard Dougherty, American ice hockey player (1932-2016)
- Marian Dalmy, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Daugherty, Docherty, Duckworth, Deckard, Degroot, Desjardins, Degroat, Deckert, Dysart, Ducksworth, Dickert, Dygert.

## 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.