Donely Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

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

Donely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1101:3,295,081188,193
England261:2,143,00282,017
France201:3,321,136213,627
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England711:343,31522,014
Scotland631:59,4163,787
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4801:104,62210,531

Donely (123) may also be a first name.

Donely Last Name Facts

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

The surname Donely is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donely? popularity and diffusion

The last name Donely is the 1,267,784th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 81 percent of Donely reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Donely is also the 840,349th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 123 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 110 people, or 1 in 3,295,081. In The United States Donely is most common in: New York, where 18 percent are found, Illinois, where 13 percent are found and Minnesota, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and France, where 11 percent are found.

Donely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Donely has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Donely last name fell 77 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 63 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donely Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Donely surname is primarily Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Donely last name are 11.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.89% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Donely earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.45% less than the national average, earning $41,227 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.54% less than the national average, earning $43,948 CAD 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 Donely
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