How common is the last name Douglass?

15,066 people in the United States have the last name Douglass, about 1 in 19,839. It ranks #2,360 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOUGLASS

#2,360

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,066
About
1 in 19,839
This common or more
49.7%
Who bears it

Of the 15,066 people with the last name Douglass, 80.1% reported their origin as White, 11.5% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Douglass

#2,358 Falcon · 15,078#2,358 Mcgregor · 15,078#2,361 Mock · 15,065#2,362 Prather · 15,059

Spelled almost the same

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

#324 Douglas · 97,078

Also a first name

As a first name, Douglass ranks #4,695 of 53,615, with 3,876 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1970, with 137 births. See Douglass as a first name

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