Donaghue Surname

237,488th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,690 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Donaghue Surname Definition:

(Irish) Descendant of Donough (brown battler).

Donaghue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8861:409,09635,632
England3471:160,57115,039
Australia1661:162,62516,859
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Ireland691:68,2454,322
Scotland511:104,9777,051
Northern Ireland281:65,8944,901
Wales71:442,07621,198
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Suriname11:552,6169,664
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1131:39,2023,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2751:88,6389,253
Scotland551:68,0584,042
Wales121:130,7015,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1641:306,21124,200

Donaghue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) Descendant of Donough (brown battler).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Donaghue Last Name Facts

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

Donaghue is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Donaghue click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donaghue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 237,488th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 4,312,157 people. The last name Donaghue is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Donaghue are found; 52 percent are found in North America and 52 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 886 people, or 1 in 409,096. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 11 percent live, Massachusetts, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Donaghue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Donaghue has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Donaghue last name grew 540 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 126 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 39 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 7 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 42 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donaghue Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those holding the Donaghue surname are 0.86000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.09% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Donaghue earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning $49,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.23% more than the national average, earning $51,783 CAD per year.

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Donaghue Reference & Research

O'Donoghue Society DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

O'Donoghue Society FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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