Dòù

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Dòù is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: 姓 , CS) (1127) 《中 日 姓氏 汇编 》 (401).

rarermore common
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 176K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 265K
  • ESSpain1 in 273K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

500 people, 2010

Sources
22 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 176K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dou in DZ Algeria, US United States, TN Tunisia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

姓 , CS) (1127) 《中 日 姓氏 汇编 》 (401).

Sources 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2)
  • Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese (2007)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dòù counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dòù is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5001 in 665K906Dou11
DZ Algeria#130≈250 est.≈1 in 176K—Dou13
ES Spain—1831 in 273K183—5
BR Brazil—671 in 3.2M67——
TN Tunisia—≈44 est.≈1 in 265K—Dou11
FI Finland—191 in 293K19——
DK Denmark—91 in 652K9——

500 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dòù is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname53 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, China, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Dou, Doù, D'Où, Dôù, Döù

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Dòù under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Dòù mean, and where does it come from?
姓 , CS) (1127) 《中 日 姓氏 汇编 》 (401). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Chinese Surnames Encyclopedia (Section 2) and 1 other source.
In which country does Dòù have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 500 people named Dòù, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dou.
How common is the name Dòù?
In the United States, the national register counted 500 people named Dòù in 2010, about 1 in 665 thousand residents.
How common is Dòù compared with other names?
In Algeria, Dòù is the 130th most common surname of 89,473 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dòù” — the 130th most common surname in Algeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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