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Douglas
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Origin Of The Surname Douglas
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Meaning Of The Surname Douglas
Dark stream
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Interesting
Facts About
Douglas
This surname comes from a Scottish territorial origin regarding the lands of Douglas, which can be found in South Glasgow, situated in the Douglas Water. The name of these waters also lends itself to this as a family name due to the elements which can be found in the name. The component ‘dubh’ means either dark or black and ‘glas’ means water or stream. It also seems that the Douglas family would fit in with this dark meaning as they were often called a turbulent and daring family. |
Douglas Statistics
Douglas is the number 364 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 25,657 share the surname Douglas in the UK.
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