Doig
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Doig.
Proper noun
Doig (countable and uncountable, plural Doigs)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
- A community of Clear Hills County, northern Alberta, Canada, named after the Doig River.
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doig”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 474.