# Duguid (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/duguid/  
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 Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 579 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,265 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 533,239 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (501 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A Scottish surname from Middle English du (“to do”) + gud (“good”), a nickname for a well-intentioned person or a dogooder.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Duguid 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Similar surnames

Doughty, Doucette, Duckett, Doucet, Daggett, Duquette, Doggett, Ducote, Desoto, Dossett, Dwight, DeCoteau.

## 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.