The Doan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,760 people carried this name — #1,814 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,900 people counted. That is up 24% from 15,902 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 261 people named Doan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 175 people named Doan.
Most of them — 159 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Gironde.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Doan live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
79 people named Doan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 347 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
564 people named Doan are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Doan in American newspapers,
1890–1962.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 571,559 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Doan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ebenezer Doan 1772–1866 · architect -
Thornton Francis Doan 1866–1930 · architect -
Lurita Doan 1958– · businessperson -
Catriona Le May Doan 1970– · speed skater -
Jack Doan 1972– · referee
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 43 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doan.
- Divine 2,926 · U.S. census
- Dixit 1,273 · U.S. census
- Dixon 159,480 · U.S. census
- Djordjevic 553 · U.S. census
- Djuric 480 · U.S. census
- Do 30,301 · U.S. census
- Dobbelaere 185 · U.S. census
- Dobbels 181 · U.S. census
- Dobe 165 · U.S. census
- Dobel 138 · U.S. census
- Dobert 339 · U.S. census
- Dobin 265 · U.S. census
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