Dougherty
English edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Doherty.
Proper noun edit
Dougherty (countable and uncountable, plural Doughertys)
- A surname from Irish.
- A placename:
- An unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Dawson County, Georgia, United States.
- A city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
- A town in Murray County, Oklahoma, United States.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dougherty is the 915th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 37,884 individuals. Dougherty is most common among White (94.4%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dougherty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 483.