Ducat

See also: ducat, ducât, and dūcat

English

Etymology

English occupational surname for a moneylender or minter or a nickname for a rich man, from Old French ducat (“name of a gold coin”). Also borrowed from French Ducat.

Proper noun

Ducat (plural Ducats)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ducat is the 34574^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 654 individuals. Ducat is most common among White (92.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ducat”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 493.