Doucet is used as a family name or surname in France, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Doucet
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France, England
Meaning:

Lastname is variation of Deuce. In various dialects this is one of the many aliases of the Devil. The name (which may be found in the 16th Report of the Registrar General) is more probably a corruption of D'Ewes.

The surname Doucet is the variant of Ducey. Grandson of Dubhghur meaning "black choice".

Variant form of the Doucette. The sweet person, a name given an amiable person, sometimes ironically, however.

The sweet person, a name given an amiable person, sometimes ironically, however.

Doucet is a variant of Ducie. Two places in Normandy are called Duci; one near Bayeux, the other near Caen. The first of this family who settled in England came from Normandy with an armed force to support Isabel, con sort of Edward II. against the Spencers. Atkin's Gloucest.

How popular is Doucet?

Doucet is common in Canada, France, United States, Belgium, French Polynesia.

Doucet is ranked 14601 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Doucet bearers increased by 5.17 per cent in 2010 US census to 6267 since 2000, the surname slipped by 166 spots and ranked at 5545. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.71 83.59
Black 13.63 13.16
Hispanic or Latino 2.41 1.53
Others 1.45 1.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.34
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.38 0.2
Doucet is quite popular family name mostly used in Canada however French Polynesia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 38165 people have been found who wears Doucet as their family name. Doucet is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Doucet:
278 Canada15,323
399 France13,341
Countries with thousands of Doucet:
5,532 United States7,997
Countries with hundreds of Doucet:
2,428 Belgium724
327 French Polynesia160
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,372 Argentina87
5,579 Haiti87
5,426 Dominican Republic77
29,788 Spain70
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
51,332 Netherlands29
137,699 Germany28
78,001 England28
310,277 Thailand21
29,271 Switzerland21
73,129 Australia19
26,891 Qatar12
41,789 Mexico11
37,425 Ivory Coast11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,332 Scotland10
36,884 United Arab Emirates9
2,922 Iceland9
375,391 Brazil9
50,907 Norway7
23,171 Wales6
555,748 Indonesia6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Jean Doucet was 36 years old when he migrated to New York on May 3, 1852. He lived in Baden where he worked as farmer and took Western World from Havre. Jules Doucet, Laborer Elsab. Doucet, George Doucet, Victorie Doucet (23), Chen-Mr Doucet, aged 29, Emily Doucet, aged 24, U Doucet, aged 27, Lucin Doucet, aged 29, are others that migrated to US.

Doucet Namesakes

  • Clément Doucet, Belgian pianist
  • Henri Lucien Doucet, French figure and portrait painter and pastellist
  • Germain Doucet, French commander in the French colony of Acadia
  • Clive Doucet, Canadian writer and politician
  • Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist and artist
  • Rick Doucet, New Brunswick businessman and politician
  • Gerald Doucet, Canadian politician and lobbyist
  • Michael Doucet, American singer-songwriter and musician best known as the founder for the Cajun band BeauSoleil
  • Lyse Doucet, Canadian journalist
  • Luke Doucet, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor best
  • Suzanne Doucet, award winning German composer and producer

Doucet Namesakes

  • Clément Doucet, Belgian pianist
  • Henri Lucien Doucet, French figure and portrait painter and pastellist
  • Germain Doucet, French commander in the French colony of Acadia
  • Clive Doucet, Canadian writer and politician
  • Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist and artist
  • Rick Doucet, New Brunswick businessman and politician
  • Gerald Doucet, Canadian politician and lobbyist
  • Michael Doucet, American singer-songwriter and musician best known as the founder for the Cajun band BeauSoleil
  • Lyse Doucet, Canadian journalist
  • Luke Doucet, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Roger Doucet, Canadian tenor best
  • Suzanne Doucet, award winning German composer and producer

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