Donachy Surname

688,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 430 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Donachy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donachy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2021:1,794,351117,764
Scotland991:54,0794,572
England881:633,16037,224
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
Wales71:442,07621,198
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1321:28,3582,493
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Donachy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Donachy Come From? nationality or country of origin

Donachy is most common in The United States. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donachy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 688,723rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,947,781 people. Donachy occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Donachy reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 1,794,351. In The United States Donachy is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 41 percent reside, Virginia, where 8 percent reside and New Jersey, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 23 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.

Donachy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donachy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donachy surname increased 673 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it increased 587 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donachy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Donachy last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Donachy are 35.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 82.69% registered to vote for the political party.

Donachy earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.01% less than the national average, earning $40,988 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Donachy
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