How common is the surname MacDougall?

4,296 people in the United States had the surname MacDougall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,868 Americans. It ranked 7,725th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname MacDougall?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named MacDougall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named MacDougall?

Duncan MacDougall, American physician (1866-1920), followed by Lewis MacDougall.

Where is the surname MacDougall most common?

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

Is the surname MacDougall getting more or less common?

More common. 4,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,296 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname MacDougall

A Scottish Gaelic patronymic surname, carried by 4,296 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M232

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). MacDougall is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Dougal.

MacDougall is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 4,296 people named MacDougall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,868 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,143.

#7,725

rank among US surnames

4,296

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,417)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,721	Till	4,299	71,818
#7,723	Higley	4,298	71,835
#7,724	Esser	4,297	71,851
#7,725	Wisner	4,296	71,868
#7,730	Warnick	4,295	71,885

Who is named MacDougall

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

95% of people named MacDougall identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous MacDougalls

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Duncan MacDougall
American physician (1866-1920)
Lewis MacDougall
British actor, born 2002
Ranald MacDougall
American screenwriter (1915-1973)

Notable MacDougalls come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like MacDougall

MacDougall has the Soundex code M232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M232.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname MacDougall come from?: Scottish Gaelic Mac (“son of”) + Dougal.
How common is the surname MacDougall?: 4,296 people in the United States had the surname MacDougall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,868 Americans. It ranked 7,725th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname MacDougall?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named MacDougall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named MacDougall?: Duncan MacDougall, American physician (1866-1920), followed by Lewis MacDougall.
Where is the surname MacDougall most common?: Wikidata records people named MacDougall in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is MacDougall?: MacDougall is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname MacDougall getting more or less common?: More common. 4,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,296 in 2010, up 3.7%.