Last Name DOUGALL

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Meaning The black stranger, from 'Dhu,' black, and 'gall,' a stranger, a term used by the Celts to denote a Lowlander, a foreigner, not one of them. The Danes, Swedes, and Norwegians were called by the Irish Fionne Gael, or fair-haired, and the Germans "Dubh Gail," or the black strangers.
Origin Gaelic, Celtic, Irish, Celtic, Maltese

Rank 37,688 (2000 US census) 85,766 (1990 US census)
Count 555 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.32%, or 468 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.01%, or 50 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.98%, or 11 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.16%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
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American Surnames

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