How common is the last name Dougherty?

36,142 people in the United States have the last name Dougherty, about 1 in 8,270. It ranks #950 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOUGHERTY

#950

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
36,142
About
1 in 8,270
This common or more
39.1%
Who bears it

Of the 36,142 people with the last name Dougherty, 91.6% reported their origin as White, 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dougherty

#948 Esquivel · 36,172#949 Amaya · 36,144#951 Parra · 36,137#952 Hoang · 36,123

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dougherty, most common first.

#19,386 Docherty · 1,396#72,473 Dougharty · 289

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