Doogood Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Doogood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Doget.' By its universal distribution (without prefix) this is manifestly a personal name. It is equally manifest that it is not one of the common diminutives in -et, as it would not be invariably so entered in the formal records below.

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Doogood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560
Wales21:784,20816,349

Doogood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Doget.' By its universal distribution (without prefix) this is manifestly a personal name. It is equally manifest that it is not one of the common diminutives in -et, as it would not be invariably so entered in the formal records below. I have no doubt it is the Domesday Thurgod, found early as Toged, now Toogood. In the same way Doget became Dogood.

Hugo Doged, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Doget, 1379: ibid.

John Doget, Yorkshire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Alicia Doget, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Doget, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John Doget, London, ibid.

John Doget, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

William Doget, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1557. Married — John Burchall and Katherine Doegood: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1657. — Benjamin Spooner and Agnes Doged: ibid.

Thus Dogood and Toogood are from the same parent; v. Thurgood. Since writing the above I have come across the following entries:

1651. Baptised — Ruth, d. Robert and Elizabeth Toogood: St. Thomas the Apostle (London).

1653. — Ralph, s. Robert and Elizabeth Doogood: ibid.

1577. Buried - Nicholas, sonne of John Docket: St. Peter, Cornhill, i. 12: 5.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An old London name, probably corrupted from Dowgate, one of the Roman gateways of the city. Ferguson makes it a diminutive of the Icelandic doggr, and the English dog, but no such diminutive is found.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Has probably no allusion to practical benevolence, but, like many other surnames terminating in good, is the corruption of a local name with the desinence wood. Or it may possibly be a corruption of the Scottish Dugald.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Doogood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Doogood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Doogood is more commonly found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doogood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Doogood is the 3,543,123rd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. Doogood is primarily found in Oceania, where 81 percent of Doogood live; 81 percent live in Australasia and 81 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Doogood is most widespread in Australia, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,079,828. In Australia Doogood is mostly found in: Victoria, where 56 percent reside, Queensland, where 32 percent reside and New South Wales, where 12 percent reside. Beside Australia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Doogood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Doogood has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Doogood surname decreased 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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