Doubleday Surname

161,852nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Doubleday Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Dubledent,' i.e. double-tooth. This surname, which troubled Mr. Lower sorely, and over which I myself have spent many a miserable ten minutes, is probably as explained above; compare Dent-de-fer, Dandelion, and Duredent, i.

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Doubleday Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3741:263,79824,866
England6751:82,5459,109
Australia2301:117,37312,995
Canada1751:210,54620,414
New Zealand791:57,3219,018
Honduras501:176,3292,117
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Costa Rica141:341,4343,425
Scotland121:446,15118,166
France41:16,605,680368,153
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
China31:455,773,85521,925
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6191:39,3795,026
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3591:139,88513,187

Doubleday Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Dubledent,' i.e. double-tooth. This surname, which troubled Mr. Lower sorely, and over which I myself have spent many a miserable ten minutes, is probably as explained above; compare Dent-de-fer, Dandelion, and Duredent, i.e. hard-tooth.

Johannes Dubledent, Essex: Pipe Roll, 10 Henry II.

1625. Married — Edward Foxley and Judith Doubleday: St. Antholin (London).

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

? denoting one born about the end of one day and the beginning of another.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This name and its companion, Singleday, baffle my ingenuity.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Harrison says”born at midnight”; but such a fact would soon be forgotten. Weekley suggests “doing a double day’s work”; but it surely refers to a man of nocturnal activities, like a man I well remember in my childhood who was known to all as”Norest.” He was a notorious poacher

Surnames (1917) by Walter Parry Haskett-Smith

From the French, Doublet; a personal name (?).

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Doubleday Last Name Facts

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

Doubleday occurs most in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doubleday? popularity and diffusion

Doubleday is the 161,852nd most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,710,132 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Doubleday are found; 49 percent are found in North America and 49 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,374 people, or 1 in 263,798. In The United States it is mostly found in: Connecticut, where 8 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Doubleday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doubleday has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 383 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 109 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Doubleday Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Doubleday last name is primarily Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Doubleday last name are 11.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.76% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Doubleday earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 51.99% less than the national average, earning R 114,096 per year; in United States they earn 10.03% more than the national average, earning $47,475 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.63% more than the national average, earning $50,494 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Dobleday940/
Daubleday891/
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Doubledee78194/
Doubledes782/
Doublidis671/
Douvlidi591/
Douvlidou5615/
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