Douglas is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Douglas
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Dubh glas, dark-gray or Azure, if, as is most probable, it originated with the river, which may have been so called from the color of its waters. The first of this family was Theobald the Fleming, who, between the years 1147 and 1160, received a grant of lands on Douglas Water, in Lanark. He was called "Theobaldus Flamaticus" in the charter; and his immediate successor assumed, for the first, the name "de Duglas."

Dweller at the black water or stream.

The most powerful and widely celebrated family that Scotland ever produced. The name was assumed from lands on the small river Douglas, in Lan arkshire, (Gael. duf-glas, du-glas, i.e., dark grey, from the colour of its waters), where William of Dufglas was established as early as 1175. This illustrious race, renowned throughout western Europe forits romantic career, may well be accounted an "historical" family, for as Hume, the annalist of the House, has it-
"SO MANY, SO GOOD, AS OF THE DOUGLASES HAVE BEEN,
OF ONE SURNAME WAS NE'ER IN SCOTLAND SEEN."

The family rose into power under King Robert Bruce, of whom "the good Lord James of Douglas" was the most distinguished adherent, but suffered a partial eclipse when the ninth earl, James, rebelled against King James II. The earls of Angus, however, partly restored the ancestral glory of the house, which has always continued to be one of the most important in Scotland.

How popular is Douglas?

Douglas is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Jamaica, Scotland, South Africa, New Zealand, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ireland, Brazil, Tanzania, Guyana, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, France, Jordan, Wales, Malaysia, Panama, Chad, Bahamas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Fiji, Liberia, Netherlands, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Chile, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, Mexico, Germany, Vanuatu, Barbados, Argentina, Spain, Philippines, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Bermuda, Nicaragua, Suriname, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Swaziland, Malawi, Singapore, India, Japan, Cyprus, United States Virgin Islands.

Douglas is ranked 2160 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Douglas bearers increased by 5.22 per cent in 2010 US census to 101458 since 2000, the surname slipped by 25 spots and ranked at 311. The last name was found in around 3 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 58.62 61.34
Black 34.67 33.49
Hispanic or Latino 2.8 2.05
Others 2.69 2.02
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.43
Douglas is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Saint Kitts and Nevis is ahead in terms of density. Around 253767 people have been found who wears Douglas as their family name. Douglas is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Douglas:
283 United States130,735
Countries with ten thousands of Douglas:
284 England24,453
188 Australia17,058
328 Canada13,725
1,388 Nigeria12,879
54 Jamaica10,153
Countries with thousands of Douglas:
81 Scotland8,814
1,448 South Africa4,665
154 New Zealand3,269
2,292 Kenya2,356
147 Northern Ireland2,247
91 Trinidad and Tobago1,903
571 Ireland1,521
5,625 Brazil1,459
4,387 Tanzania1,389
62 Guyana1,251
Countries with hundreds of Douglas:
1,138 Palestine891
785 Papua New Guinea847
5,288 Saudi Arabia835
11,910 France792
2,294 Jordan651
520 Wales646
4,127 Malaysia554
795 Panama487
3,335 Chad481
199 Bahamas380
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines378
46 Grenada370
436 Fiji346
1,409 Liberia333
8,704 Netherlands333
4,701 Ecuador322
7,350 Zimbabwe322
2,424 Chile317
36 Saint Kitts and Nevis309
41,006 Thailand292
8,275 Mexico288
29,786 Germany282
231 Vanuatu275
271 Barbados245
14,876 Argentina241
13,842 Spain231
56,221 Philippines218
763 Costa Rica212
4,557 Venezuela207
32 Bermuda206
1,159 Nicaragua193
486 Suriname185
63 Cayman Islands155
3,226 Dominican Republic154
128 Dominica145
513 Swaziland126
16,495 Malawi122
1,743 Singapore120
156,472 India108
22,012 Japan106
967 Cyprus105
161 United States Virgin Islands103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,701 Botswana94
8,035 Sweden88
12,571 Peru83
228 Antigua and Barbuda76
186 Isle of Man73
7,655 Denmark72
8,109 Colombia66
12,618 Switzerland65
25,041 Belgium61
1,663 Solomon Islands60
4,582 Bahrain59
4,188 Cuba59
251 Jersey59
11,431 Ghana55
111 British Virgin Islands52
154,559 Russia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,706 Portugal47
13,936 United Arab Emirates47
77,702 Italy46
311 Guernsey44
2,372 Honduras39
10,676 Kuwait39
17,347 Norway38
2,156 China34
449 Aruba32
837 Malta30
25,768 Israel29
228,527 Indonesia28
53,777 Uganda27
4,605 Paraguay26
908 Guam25
3,156 Hong Kong21
1,935 Iceland15
1,935 Belize14
42,452 Benin13
182,867 DR Congo13
9,165 Sri Lanka12
48,128 Egypt11
839 South Korea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
18,974 Afghanistan10
85,740 Czechia9
100 Montserrat9
30,726 Qatar9
1,494 Saint Lucia9
352 Turks and Caicos Islands9
22,825 Uruguay9
1,431 American Samoa8
26,217 Estonia8
53,030 Hungary8
123,373 Cameroon7
14,436 Haiti7
55 Niue7
146,768 Poland7
139,182 Turkey7
8,108 Togo6
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

George Douglas worked as farmer and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 54 years old embarked for USA from Londonderry on Mary Harrington and arrived on June 2, 1846. 48 years old U Douglas, Jno. Douglas (24) Farmer, Rosanna Douglas, aged 22, James Douglas, aged 13, Farmer George Douglas, William Douglas, aged 10, Frederick Douglas, E.M.Mrs. Douglas, and 107 other Douglas around 40% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

41 years old laborer John Douglas who was residing in See Schleswig Holstein (130) migrated to USA on February 22, 1853 by Hendrik Hudson put out from London. 21 years old J. Douglas, Miner Charles Douglas, Laborer Eugen Douglas, 25 years old J. Douglas, Sarah Douglas (11), Arthur Douglas, aged 36, Alice Douglas, aged 31, Freiderick Douglas, aged 24, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg, Glasgow & Moville, Liverpool, Bremen and Hamburg & Southampton.

Douglas Namesakes

  • Rosie Douglas, The Hon
  • Dick Douglas, Scottish politician
  • James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas, son of Archibald Douglas
  • Troy Douglas, former Dutch sprinter
  • John William Douglas, English entomologist
  • Jackson Douglas,
  • Wilfrid Douglas, missionary, linguist and translator
  • Róbert Ingi Douglas, Icelandic film director
  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway
  • Nancy Hart Douglas, scout, guide
  • Robert Noel Douglas, English first-class cricketer, teacher and priest
  • Robert Langton Douglas, well-known British art critic, lecturer
  • Nathan Douglas, English athlete who specialises in the triple jump
  • Sandra Douglas, English former athlete
  • Robert M. Douglas, North Carolina Supreme Court justice and political figure
  • Ken Douglas, New Zealand trade union leader
  • Don Douglas, Scottish actor in the United States
  • Atle Douglas, retired Norwegian middle distance runner
  • Walter Douglas, by the press
  • R. J. W. Douglas, Canadian geologist
  • Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, was also Parson of Glasgow
  • Carole Nelson Douglas, American writer of sixty novels and many short stories
  • Lord William Douglas, British politician and landowner
  • Stanley Douglas, English first-class cricketer
  • William IV, Lord of Douglas, short-lived Scottish nobleman
  • William Longleg, Lord of Douglas, Scoto-Norman nobleman
  • Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas, was Lord of Douglas
  • George Brisbane Scott Douglas, Scottish poet and writer, as well as a Baronet
  • Archibald I, Lord of Douglas, Scottish Nobleman
  • Lord James Douglas, Scottish nobleman and soldier
  • Pavel Douglas, Polish-born, British-based actor
  • William I, Lord of Douglas, medieval nobleman living in Clydesdale
  • Jane Douglas, brothel-keeper in mid-18th century London
  • Gustaf Otto Douglas, Swedish mercenary of Scottish descent
  • Les Douglas, Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Gavin Douglas, Scottish bishop, makar and translator
  • Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and Fields Medalist
  • Michael R. Douglas, American theoretical physicist and professor at Stony Brook University
  • Mary Douglas, British anthropologist,
  • Sandy Douglas, British professor of computer science
  • J. Yellowlees Douglas, pioneer author and scholar of hypertext fiction
  • Bricius de Douglas, was prior of Lesmahagow and afterward bishop of Moray
  • Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and the first Canadian woman to become an astrophysicist
  • Kirk Douglas, American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian
  • Lord Alfred Douglas, British author, poet, translator
  • Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
  • Melvyn Douglas, American actor
  • Buster Douglas, American former professional boxer
  • Margaret Douglas, daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas
  • Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician
  • Sharman Douglas, American socialite
  • Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, screenwriter
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, author
  • Paul Douglas, American politician and Georgist economist
  • Keith Douglas, English poet noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign
  • Roger Douglas, retired New Zealand politician
  • William O. Douglas, American jurist and politician
  • Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician

Douglas Namesakes

  • Rosie Douglas, The Hon
  • Dick Douglas, Scottish politician
  • James Douglas, 2nd Marquess of Douglas, son of Archibald Douglas
  • Troy Douglas, former Dutch sprinter
  • John William Douglas, English entomologist
  • Jackson Douglas,
  • Wilfrid Douglas, missionary, linguist and translator
  • Róbert Ingi Douglas, Icelandic film director
  • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, late Medieval Scottish nobleman, Lord of Galloway
  • Nancy Hart Douglas, scout, guide
  • Robert Noel Douglas, English first-class cricketer, teacher and priest
  • Robert Langton Douglas, well-known British art critic, lecturer
  • Nathan Douglas, English athlete who specialises in the triple jump
  • Sandra Douglas, English former athlete
  • Robert M. Douglas, North Carolina Supreme Court justice and political figure
  • Ken Douglas, New Zealand trade union leader
  • Don Douglas, Scottish actor in the United States
  • Atle Douglas, retired Norwegian middle distance runner
  • Walter Douglas, by the press
  • R. J. W. Douglas, Canadian geologist
  • Archibald Douglas, Parson of Douglas, was also Parson of Glasgow
  • Carole Nelson Douglas, American writer of sixty novels and many short stories
  • Lord William Douglas, British politician and landowner
  • Stanley Douglas, English first-class cricketer
  • William IV, Lord of Douglas, short-lived Scottish nobleman
  • William Longleg, Lord of Douglas, Scoto-Norman nobleman
  • Hugh the Dull, Lord of Douglas, was Lord of Douglas
  • George Brisbane Scott Douglas, Scottish poet and writer, as well as a Baronet
  • Archibald I, Lord of Douglas, Scottish Nobleman
  • Lord James Douglas, Scottish nobleman and soldier
  • Pavel Douglas, Polish-born, British-based actor
  • William I, Lord of Douglas, medieval nobleman living in Clydesdale
  • Jane Douglas, brothel-keeper in mid-18th century London
  • Gustaf Otto Douglas, Swedish mercenary of Scottish descent
  • Les Douglas, Canadian professional ice hockey player
  • Gavin Douglas, Scottish bishop, makar and translator
  • Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and Fields Medalist
  • Michael R. Douglas, American theoretical physicist and professor at Stony Brook University
  • Mary Douglas, British anthropologist,
  • Sandy Douglas, British professor of computer science
  • J. Yellowlees Douglas, pioneer author and scholar of hypertext fiction
  • Bricius de Douglas, was prior of Lesmahagow and afterward bishop of Moray
  • Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and the first Canadian woman to become an astrophysicist
  • Kirk Douglas, American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian
  • Lord Alfred Douglas, British author, poet, translator
  • Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
  • Melvyn Douglas, American actor
  • Buster Douglas, American former professional boxer
  • Margaret Douglas, daughter of the Scottish queen dowager Margaret Tudor and her second husband Archibald Douglas
  • Tommy Douglas, Canadian politician
  • Sharman Douglas, American socialite
  • Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, screenwriter
  • Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, author
  • Paul Douglas, American politician and Georgist economist
  • Keith Douglas, English poet noted for his war poetry during the Second World War and his wry memoir of the Western Desert campaign
  • Roger Douglas, retired New Zealand politician
  • William O. Douglas, American jurist and politician
  • Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician

Related Family Names: