Last Name DOUGLASS

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Meaning Local: 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 a service, and he was pointed out to him in these words, in the Gaelic, "Sholto Dhuglass," "behold that dark, or swarthy, man."
Origin Gaelic, French, Irish

Rank 2,329 (2000 US census) 2,594 (1990 US census)
Count 14,236 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 84.41%, or 12017 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.03%, or 1713 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 67 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.27%, or 38 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.35%, or 192 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.46%, or 208 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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