Doneghey Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

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

Doneghey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doneghey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:10,660,557428,392
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Doneghey Last Name Facts

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

Doneghey is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doneghey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Doneghey occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Doneghey are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 10,660,557. In The United States it is most frequent in: Massachusetts, where 79 percent live, Florida, where 18 percent live and Kentucky, where 3 percent live.

Doneghey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doneghey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Doneghey surname grew 680 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Doneghey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Doneghey last name are 33.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 86.67% registered with the party.

Doneghey earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.43% more than the national average, earning $61,024 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 Doneghey
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