The Dogan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,713 people carried this name — #16,707 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 172,400 people counted. That is up 16% from 1,473 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,484 people named Dogan live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,480 people named Dogan 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 East Flanders.
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 254 people named Dogan.
Most of them — 186 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
45 people named Dogan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 507 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
828 people named Dogan are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dogan in American newspapers,
1904–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,890 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dogan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mattei Dogan 1920–2010 · university teacher -
Cenk Dogan 1992– · politician -
Berkay Doğan 2002– · association football player -
Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dogan 1914–2013 · teacher
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Sergije Dogan 1916–1979 · neuropsychiatrist
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Boris Dogan 1923–1992 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 24 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dogan.
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