The surname McDougald
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 3,122 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex M232
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McDougall.
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 3,122 people named McDougald in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,894 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,890.
Who is named McDougald
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
49% of people named McDougald identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 49%
- White (not Hispanic) 45%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like McDougald
McDougald has the Soundex code M232, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M232.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McDougald come from?
- Variant of McDougall.
- How common is the surname McDougald?
- 3,122 people in the United States had the surname McDougald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,894 Americans. It ranked 10,320th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McDougald?
- In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named McDougald identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McDougald getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,890 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,122 in 2010, up 8.0%.