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

The last name Donachy is most common in The United States. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donachy? popularity and diffusion

The last name Donachy is the 688,723rd most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 51 percent of Donachy reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 1,794,351. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 41 percent live, Virginia, where 8 percent live and New Jersey, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Donachy exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 23 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Donachy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Donachy has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Donachy surname expanded 673 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it expanded 587 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donachy Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Donachy last name are 35.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.69% being registered with 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
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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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