Last Name DOYLE

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Meaning	Local: De Oilgi. or de Ouilli, in Normandy. It was probably fom Ouilli-le-Bassett, in the canton of Falaise, written in the 11th centry Oillei, the family originated. A corruption of 'DOily,' from 'Oily,' a city in France. Dark foreigner.

Origin	English, Irish, Jewish, Spanish, Polish, Celtic, Falkland, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	391 (2000 US census)	419 (1990 US census)

Count	73,518 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.74%, or 66710 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.37%, or 3948 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 338 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.53%, or 390 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 963 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.6%, or 1176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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