How common is the surname Doughty?

11,880 people in the United States had the surname Doughty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,989 Americans. It ranked 3,019th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Doughty?

Thomas Doughty, American artist and lithographer (1793-1856), followed by Kenny Doughty.

Where is the surname Doughty most common?

Wikidata records people named Doughty in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Doughty getting more or less common?

More common. 11,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,880 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Doughty

A nickname surname, carried by 11,880 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doughty is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

From doughty, a nickname for a powerful and brave man, especially a champion jouster.

Doughty is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,880 people named Doughty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,989 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,525.

#3,019

rank among US surnames

11,880

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,862)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,010	Cotter	11,904	25,936
#3,011	New	11,903	25,938
#3,012	Fontaine	11,901	25,943
#3,014	Edgar	11,895	25,956
#3,015	Forman	11,894	25,958
#3,016	Hannon	11,893	25,960
#3,017	Reedy	11,884	25,980

Who is named Doughty

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

82% of people named Doughty identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Doughtys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas Doughty
American artist and lithographer (1793-1856)
Kenny Doughty
British actor, born 1975
Michael Doughty
Association football player (born 1992)

Notable Doughtys come mostly from the United Kingdom (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Doughtie
Douty
Dufty

Surnames that sound like Doughty

Doughty has the Soundex code D230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D230.

Questions

Where does the surname Doughty come from?: From doughty, a nickname for a powerful and brave man, especially a champion jouster.
How common is the surname Doughty?: 11,880 people in the United States had the surname Doughty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,989 Americans. It ranked 3,019th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Doughty?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Doughty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Doughty?: Thomas Doughty, American artist and lithographer (1793-1856), followed by Kenny Doughty.
Where is the surname Doughty most common?: Wikidata records people named Doughty in the United Kingdom and the United States.
What type of surname is Doughty?: Doughty is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Doughty getting more or less common?: More common. 11,525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,880 in 2010, up 3.1%.
What are other spellings of Doughty?: Doughtie, Douty and Dufty.