Find out how popular the last name McDougLe is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named McDougLe.

McDougLe, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the McDougLe surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of McDougLe in America

McDougLe is the 14349th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The McDougLe surname appeared 2,085 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname McDougLe.

We can also compare 2010 data for McDougLe to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name McDougLe

The surname MCDOUGLE is of Scottish origin, emerging in the 15th century from the Gaelic Mac Dhùghaill, meaning "son of Dougall." Dougall, or Dugald, is a Scottish form of the Irish name Dúngal, derived from the Gaelic elements dún, meaning "fortress," and gall, meaning "stranger" or "foreigner."

The earliest known record of the name MCDOUGLE appears in the Exchequer Rolls of Scotland in 1489, where a John McDougill is mentioned as a tenant in the village of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. The spelling variations of the name at that time included McDougill, McDugill, and McDugal.

In the 16th century, the MCDOUGLE name was found in the Parish registers of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, where a James McDougall was recorded as a witness to a christening in 1543. The name was also present in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, a historical document recording the submission of Scottish nobles and landowners to King Edward I of England.

Notable MCDOUGLE individuals throughout history include:

1. Duncan McDougall (c. 1533-1586), a Scottish nobleman and Lord of Lorne, who played a significant role in the Scottish Reformation.
2. Alexander McDougall (1732-1786), a Scottish-American soldier and politician who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
3. William McDougall (1871-1938), a British psychologist and philosopher, known for his pioneering work in the field of psychology and his theory of instincts.
4. James Dougall McDougall (1836-1898), a Canadian businessman and politician who served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons.
5. Dougald McDougall (1834-1922), a Scottish-Canadian farmer and politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

The MCDOUGLE name has also been associated with various place names, such as Dougalston, a village in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and Dougalville, a community in Scotland County, Missouri, United States, named after an early settler with the McDougall surname.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name McDougLe

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname McDougLe.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for McDougLe was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of McDougLe has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name McDougLe was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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