Doughty

11,124 people in the United States were counted with the surname Doughty in the 2020 census, making it the 3,168th most common in the country. That is about one person in 26,900.

By the numbers

People: 11,124
Rank: 3,168th
How common: 1 in 26,900
Per 100,000: 3.7

Where the name comes from

Origin a nickname

From doughty, a nickname for a powerful and brave man, especially a champion jouster.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Doughty described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 79.0%
Black, not Hispanic 12.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Doughty

Drew Doughty (born 1989)Canadian professional ice hockey player
Thomas Doughty (1793–1856)American artist and lithographer
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926)British poet
Kenny Doughty (born 1975)British actor
Louise Doughty (born 1963)English novelist, playwright and journalist

People named Doughty with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Doughty

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.