McDougald Surname
Approximately 4,152 people bear this surname
McDougald Surname Definition:
(Scottish, Irish) The son of Dougal (black stranger).
McDougald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,129 | 1:87,784 | 9,899 |
| Canada | 285 | 1:129,283 | 13,464 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 249 | 1:15,033 | 1,677 |
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 581 | 1:86,435 | 8,985 |
McDougald (10) may also be a first name.
McDougald Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Scottish, Irish) The son of Dougal (black stranger).
McDougald Demographics
Average McDougald Salary in
United States
$38,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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McDougald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McDougald Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McDougald is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name McDougald? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 111,742nd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,755,189 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of McDougald are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common first name at a global level, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,129 people, or 1 in 87,784. In The United States McDougald is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Outside of The United States McDougald is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.
McDougald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McDougald has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McDougald last name increased 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 95 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McDougald Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the McDougald surname are 1.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.1% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount McDougald earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.53% less than the national average, earning $38,175 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.14% more than the national average, earning $51,245 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacDougald | 95 | 368 | / |
| McDouguald | 95 | 3 | / |
| McDougalld | 95 | 1 | / |
| McDdougald | 95 | 1 | / |
| McDugald | 94 | 146 | / |
| McDougld | 94 | 3 | / |
| McDogald | 94 | 2 | / |
| McDouglad | 89 | 19 | / |
| McDougold | 89 | 9 | / |
| Mgdougald | 89 | 1 | / |
| McDougled | 89 | 1 | / |
| McDoogald | 89 | 1 | / |
| McDaugald | 89 | 0 | / |
| MacDouglad | 84 | 2 | / |
| McDougoldw | 84 | 0 | / |
| McDugold | 82 | 0 | / |
| McOduglad | 78 | 1 | / |
| Machado Gualda | 70 | 1 | / |
| McDougal-White | 70 | 1 | / |
| MacDougall Watt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Machado Goldau | 61 | 1 | / |
| Machado Claudio | 50 | 3 | / |
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McDougald Reference & Research
McDougald FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McDougald
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