Douglass is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Douglass
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Gaelic
Meaning: The dark green river, from Dhu, black, dark and glass, green. A river of Scotland which flows into the Clyde. A town of Lanarkshire. The tradition of the origin of the name is this: in the year 770, a man of rank and figure came seasonably to the assistance of Solvatius, King of Scotland, whose territory was then invaded by Donald Bain, of the Western Isles. The victory being obtained, the King was desirous to see the man who had done him so signal or service, and he was pointed out to him in these words, in the Gaelic, "Sholto Dhuglass," "behold that dark or swarthy, man"

How popular is Douglass?

Douglass is common in United States.

Douglass is ranked 20314 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Douglass bearers increased by 4.397303 per cent in 2010 US census to 14862 since 2000, the surname slipped by 109 spots and ranked at 2438. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.73 84.41
Black 12.37 12.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.46
Others 1.74 1.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.47
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.28 0.27
Douglass is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 25552 people have been found who wears Douglass as their family name. Douglass is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
8,065 Trinidad and Tobago10
8,582 Japan6
13,220 Thailand6
184,212 France3
15,749 Finland3
10,686 Costa Rica3
661,536 Indonesia3
20,595 China2
54,135 Philippines2
17,547 Colombia2
65,594 Belgium2
1,136 Mali2
40,256 Mexico2
9,185 Hong Kong2
9,116 Nicaragua1
14,618 Guyana1
25,721 Egypt1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
10,190 Bahrain1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,314 Bolivia1
9,498 Iceland1
49,529 Israel1
153,416 Italy1
14,373 Jordan1
40,340 Malaysia1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
36,678 Singapore1
77,122 Sweden1
215 Palau1
8,371 Syria1
53,505 Turkey1
492,292 Ukraine1
7,292 Vietnam1
15,705 Cameroon1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
23,537 Switzerland45
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
8,720 Qatar29
62,494 Netherlands22
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
23,914 Denmark20
606 Guernsey18
113,815 Kazakhstan14
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
92,589 Brazil79
4,622 Wales79
8,082 Scotland59
Countries with hundreds of Douglass:
10,002 South Africa639
8,742 Canada462
23,918 Germany437
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
5,908 New Zealand128
Countries with thousands of Douglass:
3,276 England2,345
1,722 Australia1,848
Countries with ten thousands of Douglass:
2,129 United States18,969
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Isabella Douglass worked as workwoman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Robert Parks and arrived on May 25, 1846. William Douglass, aged 20, Margt. Douglass (20) Farmer, Farmer Catherine Douglass, 6 years old Samuel Douglass, Susan Douglass, Mary-Jane Douglass (Born at sea) Infant, Mary Douglass (18) Maid, Isaiah Douglass (28) Weaver, Ellen Douglass, Joseph Douglass, aged 8, Charlotte Douglass, aged 30, Eliza Douglass (26) Immigrant, Jane Douglass, aged 2, and 28 other Douglass around 37.5% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, weaver migrated to US.

Douglass Namesakes

  • Jimmy Douglass, Recording Engineer
  • Kingman Douglass, Investment Banker
  • Kingman Douglass, Investment Banker
  • Frederick Douglass, Orator
  • Sara Douglass, Writer
  • Frederick Douglass, Orator
  • Dale Douglass, Golfer
  • Frederick Douglass, Orator
  • James Nicholas Douglass, Civil engineer
  • Frederick Douglass, Orator
  • Brooks Douglass characterized key role of Richard Douglass in 2018 action flick The Amendment.

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