Donagher Surname

639,219th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Donagher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donagher Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3231:14,5791,669
United States861:4,214,639225,501
England451:1,238,17956,985
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2221:19,9542,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Donagher Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donagher is found most frequently in Ireland. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donagher? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donagher is the 639,219th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Donagher reside; 79 percent reside in Northern Europe and 79 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Donagher is most frequently held in Ireland, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 14,579. In Ireland it is most numerous in: Leinster, where 63 percent live, Connaught, where 24 percent live and Ulster, where 13 percent live. Outside of Ireland this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.

Donagher Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donagher has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Donagher last name grew 145 percent between 1901 and 2014; in The United States it grew 478 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donagher Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Donagher surname are 14.1% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.87% registered with the party.

Donagher earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.13% more than the national average, earning $50,540 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 Donagher
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