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    The surname Dugal

    A Latin surname, carried by 632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D240

    Dugal: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dugal #35,582, 632 people Dugal: #35,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Dugal #35,582, 632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dugal is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    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.

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 632 people named Dugal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 646.

    #35,582
    rank among US surnames
    632
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #33,333)

    Who is named Dugal

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

    83% of people named Dugal identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Dugal

    Dugal has the Soundex code D240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D240.

    Other Latin surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Dugal come from?
    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,…
    How common is the surname Dugal?
    632 people in the United States had the surname Dugal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 488,521 Americans. It ranked 35,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dugal?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Dugal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Dugal getting more or less common?
    Less common. 646 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 632 in 2010, down 2.2%.