The Doe surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,066 people carried this name — #4,972 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,700 people counted. That is down 39% from 11,603 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Doe.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Marne.
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 print
Doe in American newspapers,
1910–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,092,710 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Doe,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Cogswell Doe 1830–1896 · jurist -
Mary L. Doe 1836–1913 · journalist -
Edward M. Doe 1850–1919 · judge -
Bartlett Doe 1785–1872
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Nicholas B. Doe 1786–1856 · lawyer
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Bartlett Doe 1820–1906
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doe.
- Doc 165 · U.S. census
- Dockter 2,244 · U.S. census
- Docteur 299 · U.S. census
- Dodard 126 · U.S. census
- Dodier 346 · U.S. census
- Dody 279 · U.S. census
- Doerflinger 329 · U.S. census
- Doerr 5,942 · U.S. census
- Doffin 146 · U.S. census
- Dogan 1,713 · U.S. census
- Doh 603 · U.S. census
- Dohm 1,113 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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