# Ducey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ducey/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,020 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,517 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 302,692 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.5% (1,057 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhghusa (“descendant of Dubhghus”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) + gus (“choice; vigor”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ducey 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ducey in the United States.

## People named Ducey

- Doug Ducey, American businessman and politician (born 1964)
- John Ducey, American actor

## Similar surnames

Dacey, Duce, Duke, Dickey, Duck, Duca, Diaz, Doss, Dick, Desai, Dias, Diggs.

## 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.