Doughty is used as a family name or surname in British. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Doughty
No. of characters: 7
Origin: British
Meaning: Strong, brave or noble

How popular is Doughty?

Doughty is common in United States.

Doughty is ranked 21728 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Doughty bearers increased by 3.08026 per cent in 2010 US census to 11880 since 2000, the surname slipped by 157 spots and ranked at 3019. The last name was found in around 40 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.69 83.93
Black 12.51 12.01
Hispanic or Latino 2.54 1.42
Others 1.96 1.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.66 0.43
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.63 0.62
Doughty is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 23777 people have been found who wears Doughty as their family name. Doughty is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
720,003 Russia4
1,389 Grenada3
457 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3
16,136 Kenya3
54,641 Sweden2
54,135 Philippines2
44,018 Poland2
6,900 Oman2
124,220 Italy2
25,721 Egypt1
10,190 Bahrain1
7,790 Zambia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
2,211 Brunei1
15,705 Cameroon1
34,581 Chile1
50,549 Georgia1
1,704,541 India1
5,553 Taiwan1
4,942 Libya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,307 Malta1
56,169 Mexico1
37,493 Austria1
8,859 Iraq1
10,683 Cyprus1
21,562 Portugal1
24,176 Qatar1
591 Samoa1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
29,046 Japan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,371 Syria1
17,575 Kuwait1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
3,256 Trinidad and Tobago42
28,564 Switzerland36
8,504 Ireland33
861 Barbados31
23,443 Norway26
154 Turks and Caicos Islands24
52,530 Belgium22
15,050 Singapore18
69,202 Netherlands18
699 Bermuda13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,285 Fiji97
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
2,801 Northern Ireland72
36,906 Spain61
Countries with hundreds of Doughty:
5,537 Canada787
2,033 New Zealand372
1,521 Wales260
3,102 Scotland210
59,024 Germany168
66,174 France147
35,546 South Africa146
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Doughty:
1,406 England5,630
2,335 Australia1,331
Countries with ten thousands of Doughty:
2,883 United States13,957
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman John Doughty from Great Britain aboard the John Robert from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. Workman G. Doughty, Workman Michael Doughty, Mrs Doughty (24) Workwoman, William Doughty, aged 30, Ann Doughty, aged 45, Farmer George Doughty, 20 years old Bess Doughty, Henry Doughty, aged 16, and 18 other Doughty around 65% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer migrated to US.

Doughty Namesakes

  • Adam Doughty, Teacher
  • Paul Doughty Bartlett, Author
  • Drew Doughty, Ice hockey player
  • Paul Doughty Bartlett, Author
  • Kenny Doughty, Actor
  • Paul Doughty Bartlett, Author
  • Mike Doughty, Singer-songwriter
  • Sue Doughty, Politician
  • Paul Doughty Bartlett, Author
  • Brandon Doughty, Football quarterback
  • In 2016 fantasy film, Tarot, Clare Doughty portrayed UN Ambassador.

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