The Doucet surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 5,959 people carried this name — #5,379 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 5,900 people named Doucet.
58 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 375 people named Doucet 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 Limburg.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Doucet live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Doucet,
with a public archive behind them.
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Germain Doucet 1595–1654 · military personnel -
Jeanne Doucet de Surigny 1762–1823 · painter -
Camille Doucet 1812–1895 · writer -
Edward Doucet 1825–1890 -
Stanislas-Joseph Doucet 1847–1925 · poet
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 144 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doucet.
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