Doig
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.
Proper noun edit
Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A community in Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada, named after the Doig River.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Doig is the 25314th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 978 individuals. Doig is most common among White (86.71%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doig”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 474.