McDougall Surname

21,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McDougall Surname Definition:

Son of Dougal(l; v. Dougal(l [Irish and Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill]

McDougall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,1891:39,4454,860
Canada8,3881:4,393602
Australia6,5731:4,107594
Scotland4,1671:1,285221
England4,0601:13,7242,033
New Zealand1,0371:4,367686
South Africa6091:88,96210,902
Trinidad and Tobago1431:9,5381,333
Jamaica1351:21,2591,817
Wales861:35,9833,576
Northern Ireland851:21,7062,552
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Belize731:4,870861
Ireland691:68,2454,322
Singapore471:117,1854,783
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Guyana181:42,3464,061
Costa Rica171:281,1813,072
France161:4,151,420237,746
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Belgium151:766,44363,354
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Norway131:395,56035,657
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Puerto Rico81:443,7673,219
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China61:227,886,92811,701
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Oman31:1,229,3248,987
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Malta11:430,2723,380
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland821:54,0234,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland6,4451:58193
England1,0771:22,6333,174
Wales161:98,0264,293
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4231:35,2914,194

McDougall (19) may also be a first name.

McDougall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Son of Dougal(l; v. Dougal(l [Irish and Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish, Irish) The son of Dougal (black stranger).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The son of Dougall, that is, the black stranger, the foreigner, or native of the Lowlands.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McDougall Last Name Facts

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

The surname McDougall occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McDougall? popularity and diffusion

The last name McDougall is the 21,614th most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 289,326 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of McDougall are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held given name globally, held by 19 people.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 9,189 people, or 1 in 39,445. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 12 percent reside, Washington, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States McDougall exists in 68 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 33 percent reside and Australia, where 26 percent reside.

McDougall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McDougall has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McDougall last name increased 646 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 35 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it increased 377 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 538 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 16 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McDougall Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the McDougall surname is primarily Presbyterian (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McDougall surname are 8.81% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.58% registered with the political party.

The amount McDougall earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.45% more than the national average, earning 371,875 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 45.84% more than the national average, earning R 346,572 per year; in United States they earn 9.9% more than the national average, earning $47,419 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $51,164 CAD per year.

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McDougall Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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