# Dugal (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Latin |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 632 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,582 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 488,521 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.2% (646 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origin: * Either an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Dùghall or a reduced form of McDougall. * As a French Canadian surname, from the personal name Tugal, a name of Germanic origin, from the name Tugwald, composed of *tug (“useful”) (compare *togōn (“to draw, pull”)) + *wald (“authority, power”). * As a French surname, from du (“of the”) + the personal name Gal, both from gal (“rooster”) (from Latin gallus) and the Latin name Gallus. * Borrowed from Punjabi ਦੁੱਗਲ (duggal); this surname is more often spelt Duggal.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dugal 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) | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 10% |

## Similar surnames

Dougal, Daigle, Disla, Declue, Dashiell, Dekle, DeCola.

## 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.