Where does the surname Douglass come from?

Douglass is Scottish Gaelic in origin.

How common is the surname Douglass?

14,862 people in the United States had the surname Douglass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,774 Americans. It ranked 2,438th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Douglass?

Frederick Douglass, African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895), followed by Kate Douglass.

Where is the surname Douglass most common?

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

Is the surname Douglass getting more or less common?

More common. 14,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,862 in 2010, up 4.4%.

Is Douglass also a first name?

Yes. Douglass is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Douglass

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 14,862 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D242 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Douglass is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

A surname from Scottish Gaelic, a less common spelling of Douglas.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,862 people named Douglass in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,774 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,236.

#2,438

rank among US surnames

14,862

people in 2010

5.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,329)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,429	Malik	14,925	20,686
#2,430	Priest	14,915	20,700
#2,431	Michaud	14,910	20,707
#2,432	Tejada	14,903	20,717
#2,433	Irving	14,896	20,727
#2,434	Farrar	14,892	20,732
#2,435	Power	14,890	20,735

Who is named Douglass

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

83% of people named Douglass identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Douglasss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895)
Kate Douglass
American swimmer, born 2001
Andrew Ellicott Douglass
American astronomer and dendrochronologist (1867 - 1962)
Jack Douglass
American Internet personality (born 1988)
Sarah Mapps Douglass
American activist and artist (1806-1882)
Adele Astaire
American dancer and entertainer (1896-1981)
Don Douglas
British actor (1905-1945)

Notable Douglasss come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Douglass

Douglas

Douglass has the Soundex code D242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D242.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Douglass come from?: Douglass is Scottish Gaelic in origin.
How common is the surname Douglass?: 14,862 people in the United States had the surname Douglass in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,774 Americans. It ranked 2,438th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Douglass?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Douglass identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Douglass?: Frederick Douglass, African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818–1895), followed by Kate Douglass.
Where is the surname Douglass most common?: Wikidata records people named Douglass in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Douglass getting more or less common?: More common. 14,236 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,862 in 2010, up 4.4%.
Is Douglass also a first name?: Yes. Douglass is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.