Donaghy Surname

52,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,819 people bear this surname

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

Donaghy Surname Definition:

A curtailed form of (Mac)donnchaidh, for which see Macconachie.

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Donaghy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7631:131,18313,816
Northern Ireland2,5571:722119
England1,8351:30,3644,070
Scotland7041:7,6051,156
Australia5701:47,3615,928
Ireland5641:8,3491,167
Canada5171:71,2688,131
New Zealand1281:35,3786,076
Wales471:65,8415,810
France301:2,214,091176,965
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,1161:2,094401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1631:149,54213,222
Scotland1481:25,2922,311
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2881:174,37015,649

Donaghy (21) may also be a first name.

Donaghy Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A curtailed form of (Mac)donnchaidh, for which see Macconachie.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) Brown Warrior [In. Donnchadh- donn, brown + an aspirated form of cath, war, warrior}

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Mac Donnchaidh A variant in Tyrone and Derry of MacDonagh. IF 123

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Mac Donnchaidh A variant in Tyrone and Derry of MacDonagh. IF 123

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

User-submitted Reference

The name Donner originally appeared in Gaelic as O Donnchadha, which means Donnchadh or 'son of Donagh'. The surname Donner was first found in County Kerry, part of the former County Desmond (14th-17th Centuries). Located in Southwestern Ireland, in Province Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

- morgan_mcgrath95

Donaghy Last Name Facts

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

Donaghy is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Donaghy.

How Common Is The Last Name Donaghy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 52,165th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 742,188 people. The surname Donaghy is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Donaghy reside; 58 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,763 people, or 1 in 131,183. In The United States Donaghy is most common in: New York, where 17 percent live, New Jersey, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States Donaghy occurs in 42 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 26 percent live and England, where 19 percent live.

Donaghy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Donaghy has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 959 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,126 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 476 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 73 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Donaghy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (84%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Donaghy surname are 6.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.23% registered with the political party.

The amount Donaghy earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 27.92% less than the national average, earning R 171,300 per year; in United States they earn 15.12% more than the national average, earning $49,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.81% more than the national average, earning $52,071 CAD per year.

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