The Doane surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,501 people carried this name — #5,356 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,350 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Doane surname

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubháin (“descendant of Dubhán”), a diminutive of dubh (“black”), or a reduced Anglicized form of Ó Damháin (“descendant of Damhán”), from a diminutive of damh (“ox, stag”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Doane» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

83 families named Doane, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 474 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 41
Pennsylvania 13
Connecticut 11
New York 7
Maine 6
North Carolina 5

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 237 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Doane in American newspapers,
1899–1923.

Newspaper page from The Central Nevadan carrying the name Doane
The Central Nevadan 1899-07-13
Newspaper page from The Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Doane
The Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1908-01-09
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Doane
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Doane in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

2,606 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doane. The most, 702, date from the 1860s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,317
New South Wales 528
Western Australia 374
Queensland 230
South Australia 90
Tasmania 54
ACT (Canberra) 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doane.

Who carried it

People named Doane,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hope Doane Savage
    Hope Doane Savage 1756–1830
  • Elisha Doane
    Elisha Doane 1762–1832
  • George Washington Doane
    George Washington Doane 1799–1859 · writer
  • Thomas Coffin Doane
    Thomas Coffin Doane 1814–1896 · photographer
  • Freeman Doane
    Freeman Doane 1819–1887 · politician
  • Isaiah Doane 1753–1805

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Doane,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States791 records

791 records of the Doane name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 273
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 223
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 106
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 76
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 44
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Abraham Doane

    Born 1949; from Aiea, Hawaii. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George W. Doane

    Born 1903 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; driver from Essex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Doane

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Great Western from Liverpool, aged 24; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 791 records for Doane in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada629 records

629 records of the Doane name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 615
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Clinton Doane

    Killed in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 38; buried at Yarmouth.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Murray Thomas Doane

    Died in service in 1940.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frances Alma Doane

    Died 1971 in Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia, aged 72.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 629 records for Doane in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Doane name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francis H. Doane

    Arrived in Victoria in 1878 aboard the Jonathon Bourne, aged 7; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry Doane

    Miner of Reids Creek, Victoria; died 1885.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Julia Doane

    Arrived in Victoria in 1878 aboard the Jonathon Bourne, aged 11; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Doane in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Doane name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Vernon Harold Doane

    Married in 1945 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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