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There are approximately 40,746 people named Douglas in the UK. That makes it the 209th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 645 are named Douglas.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

Scotland

Language of origin

Gaelic

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Celtic
From given name or forename

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The Douglas surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

DOUGLAS. The most powerful and widely celebrated famil3'that Scotland ever produced. The name was assumed from lands on the small river Douglas, in Lanarkshire, (Gael, diif-glas, du-cjlas, i.e., dark grey, from the colour of its waters), where William of Dufglaswas established as early as 1175. This illustrious race, renowned throughout western Europe for its romantic career, may well be accounted an "historical " family, for as Hume, the annalist of the House, has it —

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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