Doug Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Doug Forename

2,464^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 417,334 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Canada

Doug Forename Definition:

The diminutive of Douglas.

Doug Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	298,493	1:1,215	262
Canada	100%	83,018	1:399	60
Australia	-	16,618	1:822	182
New Zealand	-	6,943	1:653	152
England	100%	6,764	1:8,220	715
Saudi Arabia	-	758	1:40,650	4,986
Scotland	98%	717	1:7,462	600
Ghana	-	674	1:40,039	2,307
South Africa	100%	663	1:82,251	7,141
Poland	100%	236	1:161,132	3,078
Wales	100%	190	1:16,286	1,005
Japan	-	177	1:723,085	13,085
Germany	100%	130	1:743,676	6,623
Brazil	-	95	1:2,255,117	45,713
China	-	93	1:14,688,772	59,995
Ireland	100%	90	1:51,595	1,669
France	-	87	1:764,027	6,772
Netherlands	100%	86	1:196,536	7,483
Bahrain	-	74	1:18,225	2,605
Thailand	100%	69	1:1,015,447	36,795
South Korea	-	65	1:85,299	4,635
Iraq	-	63	1:555,839	5,912
Hong Kong	-	62	1:125,044	2,948
Afghanistan	100%	58	1:562,474	8,892
Singapore	-	54	1:116,427	7,626
Kuwait	-	47	1:80,538	6,521
Switzerland	100%	45	1:182,522	4,432
Guam	-	42	1:3,825	732
Mexico	-	38	1:3,266,959	15,678
Dominican Republic	-	37	1:281,926	10,232
Portugal	-	37	1:281,375	5,179
Philippines	100%	35	1:3,028,842	60,361
Malta	-	28	1:15,334	1,292
Northern Ireland	100%	27	1:68,265	1,323
DR Congo	100%	27	1:2,734,356	59,996
India	100%	27	1:44,995,480	799,701
Indonesia	-	25	1:10,318,547	325,633
Mongolia	-	25	1:117,393	7,151
Botswana	-	21	1:104,021	8,595
Guernsey	100%	21	1:3,016	423
Zimbabwe	-	21	1:734,467	28,972
Vietnam	-	20	1:4,631,156	3,563
Bermuda	-	19	1:3,412	618
Spain	-	18	1:2,584,998	12,929
Cameroon	100%	17	1:1,271,206	31,253
Malaysia	63%	17	1:1,791,173	53,830
Taiwan	100%	17	1:1,398,217	44,417
Jersey	-	15	1:6,665	705
Sweden	-	15	1:657,194	15,298
United States Virgin Islands	-	15	1:7,316	1,065
Antigua and Barbuda	-	12	1:8,283	1,404
Oman	-	12	1:342,389	4,330
United Arab Emirates	-	12	1:595,999	19,549
Italy	100%	10	1:6,106,209	25,028
Nigeria	100%	10	1:17,756,436	163,035
Papua New Guinea	100%	10	1:815,231	57,976
American Samoa	-	9	1:6,205	1,322
Angola	-	9	1:2,996,290	3,522
Belgium	-	9	1:1,276,671	14,181
Egypt	-	9	1:10,211,216	21,716
Ethiopia	-	9	1:10,840,015	14,737
Fiji	-	9	1:99,153	1,900
Libya	-	9	1:691,257	1,282
Russia	100%	9	1:16,025,967	51,277
Turkey	-	9	1:8,644,634	30,028
Greece	-	7	1:1,562,078	10,407
Kazakhstan	-	7	1:2,535,264	17,782
Kenya	50%	7	1:6,615,301	31,578
Nicaragua	-	7	1:859,762	11,907
Algeria	-	6	1:6,362,787	10,855
Barbados	-	6	1:48,298	2,144
Belize	-	6	1:59,052	4,175
British Virgin Islands	-	6	1:5,208	987
Cambodia	100%	6	1:2,712,222	28,071
Georgia	-	6	1:623,078	10,501
Guatemala	-	6	1:2,684,738	6,435
Israel	-	6	1:1,400,486	16,782
Luxembourg	-	6	1:94,008	2,618
Norway	100%	6	1:855,388	12,625
Venezuela	100%	6	1:5,033,649	67,876
Cyprus	-	5	1:174,215	3,223
Denmark	-	5	1:1,129,900	12,942
Panama	-	5	1:781,311	18,191
Qatar	100%	5	1:473,921	38,106
Bahamas	-	4	1:99,842	1,712
Ecuador	-	4	1:4,431,730	16,276
Gabon	-	4	1:470,834	2,822
Honduras	-	4	1:2,204,367	17,261
Malawi	-	4	1:4,278,078	13,569
Norfolk Island	-	4	1:581	152
Romania	-	4	1:5,012,994	31,756
Tanzania	-	4	1:13,197,080	50,227
Uganda	-	4	1:10,239,230	65,177
Ukraine	-	4	1:11,374,977	14,813
Zambia	-	4	1:3,963,698	31,018
Armenia	-	3	1:972,918	8,284
Belarus	100%	3	1:3,160,795	12,102
Brunei	-	3	1:139,857	2,352
Lebanon	-	3	1:1,875,857	11,580
Marshall Islands	100%	3	1:17,077	2,297
Monaco	-	3	1:12,822	1,634
Namibia	-	3	1:801,393	11,859
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	3	1:37,193	3,592
Anguilla	-	2	1:6,628	945
Benin	-	2	1:5,287,922	61,990
Burkina Faso	100%	2	1:9,189,734	69,235
Congo	100%	2	1:2,504,602	31,783
Costa Rica	-	2	1:2,383,974	18,662
Cuba	-	2	1:5,753,276	9,613
Finland	-	2	1:2,741,592	19,235
Isle of Man	-	2	1:42,512	455
Lithuania	-	2	1:1,475,941	3,949
Macau	-	2	1:304,104	1,640
North Macedonia	-	2	1:1,045,378	12,250
Nepal	-	2	1:14,243,676	86,069
Serbia	-	2	1:3,572,860	8,125
Syria	-	2	1:9,653,038	7,712
Andorra	-	1	1:82,887	1,356
Argentina	-	1	1:42,773,243	43,333
Austria	-	1	1:8,514,201	19,377
Cayman Islands	-	1	1:61,299	2,487
Chad	-	1	1:13,598,398	15,363
Chile	100%	1	1:17,607,208	48,996
Colombia	-	1	1:47,778,926	95,497
Croatia	-	1	1:4,217,076	20,943
Czechia	100%	1	1:10,656,162	11,509
Djibouti	-	1	1:915,664	2,132
El Salvador	-	1	1:6,341,786	16,428
Equatorial Guinea	-	1	1:1,137,689	1,044
Gambia	-	1	1:1,926,596	1,391
Grenada	-	1	1:108,125	4,208
Guinea	-	1	1:11,858,647	7,978
Guyana	-	1	1:763,262	24,238
Haiti	-	1	1:10,726,953	41,696
Hungary	100%	1	1:9,791,771	6,528
Iceland	-	1	1:366,017	7,938
Ivory Coast	-	1	1:23,075,933	135,227
Jamaica	-	1	1:2,883,227	22,340
Jordan	100%	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Laos	-	1	1:6,586,856	1,888
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
Mali	-	1	1:16,977,755	8,714
Mauritius	-	1	1:1,297,784	13,721
Micronesia	-	1	1:106,500	1,462
Moldova	-	1	1:3,561,139	8,690
Mozambique	-	1	1:27,243,357	5,091
Myanmar	-	1	1:51,948,273	3,226
Niger	-	1	1:19,183,994	77,442
Paraguay	-	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Peru	100%	1	1:31,791,454	110,866
Puerto Rico	-	1	1:3,550,301	10,040
Senegal	100%	1	1:14,581,356	34,505
Slovakia	-	1	1:5,310,063	9,949
Slovenia	-	1	1:2,458,758	6,723
Sudan	-	1	1:37,806,975	10,689
Tonga	-	1	1:107,436	779
Trinidad and Tobago	-	1	1:1,361,419	34,512
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	1	1:34,707	1,398
Uruguay	-	1	1:3,427,637	13,958
Vanuatu	-	1	1:261,792	1,604
Yemen	-	1	1:26,296,751	14,474

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Doug (1,834) may also be a surname.

Doug Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

The diminutive of Douglas.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

DNA test information

Doug Forename Popularity

Doug Demographics

Doug Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 55,012 (2014)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Dough	89	282	/
Dougg	89	18	/
Dougs	89	13	/
Ddoug	89	2	/
Doueg	89	2	/
Dougq	89	2	/
Dougt	89	2	/
Dhoug	89	1	/
Doucg	89	1	/
Dougc	89	1	/
Dougk	89	1	/
Dougp	89	1	/
Douyg	89	1	/
Hdoug	89	1	/
Dwoug	89	1	/
Dug	86	997	/
Dog	86	485	/
Dougue	80	15	/
Deyoug	80	1	/
Dougch	80	1	/
Dougph	80	1	/
Duog	75	432	/
Dogh	75	424	/
Doux	75	366	/
Dugh	75	102	/
Daug	75	77	/
Duig	75	63	/
Douk	75	55	/
Dogg	75	49	/
Deug	75	46	/
Doig	75	31	/
Doeg	75	31	/
Doog	75	28	/
Dugg	75	25	/
Douc	75	21	/
Dogs	75	19	/
Doyg	75	11	/
Douq	75	10	/
Tdog	75	10	/
Dhog	75	9	/
Dhug	75	7	/
Dueg	75	6	/
Dugs	75	3	/
Duug	75	3	/
Docg	75	3	/
Ddog	75	2	/
Doqu	75	2	/
Dusg	75	2	/
Dukg	75	1	/
Dogp	75	1	/
Dogt	75	1	/
Dogz	75	1	/
Dohg	75	1	/
Dogc	75	1	/
Ddug	75	1	/
Hdog	75	1	/
Doèg	75	1	/
Ducg	75	1	/
Dugt	75	1	/
Dugz	75	1	/
Douegue	73	4	/
Doutgue	73	1	/
Douqu	67	336	/
Dogue	67	245	/
Doque	67	182	/
Douke	67	115	/
Dugue	67	75	/
Diyog	67	58	/
Daugh	67	24	/
Doyog	67	12	/
Duigh	67	11	/
Douek	67	10	/
Douck	67	9	/
Doogh	67	7	/
Dhaug	67	7	/
Dhugh	67	7	/
Doukh	67	6	/
Doogs	67	5	/
Dayog	67	5	/
Dhogh	67	4	/
Dugsh	67	4	/
Douks	67	4	/
Duggh	67	3	/
Duygh	67	3	/
Ddogg	67	2	/
Doukz	67	2	/
Doyag	67	2	/
Doigt	67	2	/
Duyag	67	2	/
Deyog	67	2	/
Duyog	67	1	/
Dujig	67	1	/
Duggs	67	1	/
Dhugg	67	1	/
Dhoux	67	1	/
Dhogs	67	1	/
Dojgh	67	1	/
Dojig	67	1	/
Dojog	67	1	/
Dogsj	67	1	/
Dohuk	67	1	/
Doggz	67	1	/
Doqus	67	1	/
Doquş	67	1	/
Doucs	67	1	/
Doujague	67	1	/
Doujegue	67	1	/
Dogck	67	1	/
Wdogg	67	1	/
Tdouc	67	1	/
Hdohg	67	1	/
Deuig	67	1	/
Ddoqu	67	1	/
Ddugg	67	1	/
Daugk	67	1	/
Dojkg	67	1	/
Doggg	67	1	/
Doegg	67	1	/
Doegk	67	1	/
Douzq	67	1	/
Duewg	67	1	/
Duosg	67	1	/
Dusgs	67	1	/
Duuhg	67	1	/
Duujg	67	1	/
Dhouk	67	1	/

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