The Doyle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 74,458 people carried this name — #441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,960 people counted. That is up 1% from 73,518 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Doyle surname
From Irish Ó Dubhghaill (“descendant of Dougal”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Doyle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 514 births for the Doyle name in 1890.
They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 22,800 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 236 people named Doyle live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Doyle live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 38 people named Doyle.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
23 people named Doyle have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 102 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 23 people named Doyle 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 Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
169 people named Doyle 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 Scotland’s registers today
Doyle was recorded 93 times in Scotland’s registers of births, marriages and deaths in 2025.
That made it the 275th most common name in those registers, shared with others on the same count. In 1975, the first year of the series, the count was 125. Each birth counts the child’s surname, each marriage both partners’ and each death the surname of the person who died — a yearly count of registrations, not of the people who live in Scotland.
National Records of Scotland, «Most Common Surnames, 2025» (published 26 May 2026): every surname recorded 10 or more times in the 2025 registers, and the series from 1975 · different spellings are counted separately — © Crown copyright 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
58 families named Doyle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 279 people lived in those households, 4.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 other spellings. 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
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. 238 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Doyle in American newspapers,
1894–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,463 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Doyle in Australian newspapers,
1810s–2010s.
183,649 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doyle. The most, 36,735, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doyle.
Who carried it
People named Doyle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sir John Doyle, 1st Baronet 1756–1834 · politician -
Andrew Hastings Doyle 1774–1841 · painter -
Charles Hastings Doyle 1804–1883 · military personnel -
John North 1804–1894 · politician -
Francis Hastings Doyle 1810–1888 · writer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 210 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Doyle,
in the records of 9 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 States22,184 records
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6,799
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6,495
- Other U.S. records 8,890
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Avery M. DoyleBorn 1923 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; firefighter from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Westminster Memorial Park, California.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Sylvester E. DoyleBorn 1919 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; foreman from Milwaukee County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Bridget DoyleArrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Queenstown, Ireland; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 22,184 records for Doyle in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia5,689 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2,420
- Queensland State Archives indexes 991
- Other Australian records 2,278
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Julia DoyleTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Hindostan, sailing from London in 1839. Native of Carlow. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1841.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Margaret DoyleTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John William Dare, sailing from Dublin in 1851. Native of Dublin, Dublin. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. Married 1855 in Hobart, Tasmania.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Elizabeth DoyleTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Providence, sailing from Downs in 1825. Native of Leix, Carlow. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1846.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 5,689 records for Doyle in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).
Canada1,923 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1,712
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 55
- Other Canadian records 156
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Example: civil register, 1880 Civil record Elizabeth Ann DoyleKilled in the Halifax Explosion of 1917, aged 32.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Thos DoyleCame to Ontario in 1874 aboard the Sarmatian, landing at Quebec, bound for Belle Ewart, Ontario; Irish.
Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Frank Whitney DoyleBuried in 1968 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 65.
Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
Showing 3 of 1,923 records for Doyle 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 Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
United Kingdom107 records
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 70
- St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 21
- Other British records 16
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Richard DoyleBuried in 1933 at Ballengeich Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 80.
Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Edward DoyleBuried in 1824 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 55.
MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record William DoyleWill proved in 1939; of Llangoed, Anglesea.
National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
Showing 3 of 107 records for Doyle in the United Kingdom.
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).
New Zealand55 records
- Christchurch City cemetery records 42
- Marlborough District cemetery records 6
- Other New Zealand records 7
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Laurence DoyleDied 1970, aged 78; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Robert Grierson DoyleDied 1921, aged 47; buried at Omaka Cemetery, Marlborough.
Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Theodore DoyleBuried in 1914 at Shortland Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 70.
Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 55 records for Doyle in New Zealand.
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Ireland28 records
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Eileen DoyleDied 1992, aged 64; buried at Lackagh (Old), Co. Galway.
Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Michael DoyleDied 1927, aged 84; buried at Finure, Co. Galway.
Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 2 of 28 records for Doyle in Ireland.
Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Netherlands21 records
- Dutch population registers 13
- Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 8
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Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Mary Rita DoyleMarried in 1945 in Ede; soldier.
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register Bernard DoyleIn the population register of Manchester (Gb); student, born 1894 in Manchester (Gb).
Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 2 of 21 records for Doyle in the Netherlands.
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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
France9 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Lilian DoyleBorn 1917 in Canada; died 1998 in Saint-Pierre.
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Arthur Henry DoyleBorn 1920 in the United Kingdom; died 1993 in Limoges (Haute-Vienne).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 2 of 9 records for Doyle in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Belgium1 record
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Example: U.S. census, 1910 Population register William DoyleIn the population register of Aalst; priest, born 1849 in Liverpool Angleterre.
Open Archives, Stadsarchief Aalst (CC BY 4.0)
Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Doyle.
- Downey 26,627 · U.S. census
- Downing 28,880 · U.S. census
- Downs 33,922 · U.S. census
- Doye 185 · U.S. census
- Doyen 858 · U.S. census
- Doyer 167 · U.S. census
- Doyon 1,945 · U.S. census
- Doze 218 · U.S. census
- Dozier 16,091 · U.S. census
- Drabik 734 · U.S. census
- Drach 394 · U.S. census
- Draghi 334 · U.S. census
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