Dougherty is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dougherty
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dougherty

How popular is Dougherty?

Dougherty is common in United States.

Dougherty is ranked 10033 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dougherties plummeted by 0.05012796 per cent to 37884 since 2000 and slipped by 86 spots and ranked at 915. The last name was found in around 128 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.37 95.88
Hispanic or Latino 2.34 1.49
Others 1.33 0.93
Black 1.07 1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.29
Dougherty is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 53585 people have been found who wears Dougherty as their family name. Dougherty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,940 Japan8
9,568 Thailand8
6,072 China7
35,789 Turkey3
1,389 Grenada3
6,270 Hong Kong3
3,224 Afghanistan3
661,536 Indonesia3
2,720 South Korea3
119,730 Brazil3
7,619 Ecuador3
16,136 Kenya3
54,641 Sweden2
21,529 Singapore2
1,333 Guam2
5,318 Iraq2
28,083 Romania2
12,745 Luxembourg1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
897,276 Russia1
37,779 Serbia1
49,101 Denmark1
19,810 Croatia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
24,771 Colombia1
4,249 Cambodia1
91,024 Belgium1
2,374 Bermuda1
25,721 Egypt1
47,891 Norway1
38,830 Morocco1
56,169 Mexico1
5,589 Sudan1
40,340 Malaysia1
5,553 Taiwan1
16,073 Latvia1
1,819 Laos1
17,575 Kuwait1
2,715 Gabon1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
332,057 India30
36,547 Switzerland27
73,929 Spain21
69,202 Netherlands18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
132 Isle of Man75
4,790 Ireland71
66,582 Argentina60
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Dougherty:
1,623 Guatemala923
585 Northern Ireland560
1,563 New Zealand478
17,476 South Africa347
2,589 Scotland263
39,199 Philippines258
43,536 Germany235
1,793 Jamaica143
84,907 France110
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Dougherty:
3,054 Canada1,553
4,866 England1,516
2,736 Australia1,133
Countries with ten thousands of Dougherty:
818 United States45,446
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workwoman Catherine Dougherty from Great Britain aboard the Monteauma from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 19 years old when she arrived in USA on May 15, 1846. Peter Dougherty (20) Workman, 20 years old James Dougherty, Johanna Dougherty (21) Maid, Patt Dougherty, aged 25, Mary Dougherty, aged 22, Bridget Dougherty (18), Francis Dougherty (18) Workman, 20 years old John Dougherty, and 430 other Dougherty around 55.12% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and weaver, laundry man/ ironer, farmer, spinster, carpenter, barrel maker/ cooper, blacksmith, bleacher, house keeper, matron migrated to US.

Dougherty Namesakes

  • Patsy Dougherty, Baseball player
  • Paul Dougherty, Artist
  • Jim Dougherty, Baseball athlete
  • Cecilia Dougherty, Film director
  • Gill Dougherty, Singer
  • Mark Dougherty, Soccer player
  • Darby Dougherty, Actor
  • Doc Dougherty, Actor
  • Edward R. Dougherty, Mathematician
  • Charles Dougherty, Florida politician
  • In 2017, Ryan Dougherty characterized the role of Mac Jr. in comedy movie Orang-U: An Ape Goes to College.
  • Eileen F. Dougherty characterized critical character of Maureen in 2015 drama flick By Jingo.
  • Carson Dougherty portrayed vital character of Danielle in 2013 action and horror movie Eternal Damn Nation.
  • Keith Dougherty, from 0 drama, thriller movie Aleksandr, who portrayed Tom.
  • In 2015, Darryl Dougherty played the role of Jared Sanders in mystery and sci-fi film Ermon County: Gateway of the Fallen.

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