How common is the last name Douglas?

97,078 people in the United States have the last name Douglas, about 1 in 3,079. It ranks #324 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOUGLAS

#324

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
97,078
About
1 in 3,079
This common or more
27.4%
Who bears it

Of the 97,078 people with the last name Douglas, 55.7% reported their origin as White, 34.2% as Black and 4.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Douglas

#322 Curtis · 97,208#323 Newman · 97,169#325 Barrett · 96,872#326 Avila · 96,191

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Douglas, most common first.

#2,360 Douglass · 15,066

Also a first name

As a first name, Douglas ranks #122 of 53,615, with 383,164 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 16,765 births. See Douglas as a first name

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