Donghue Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Donghue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 8 | 1:3,046,921 | 80,371 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Donghue Demographics
Donghue Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Donghue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Donghue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Donghue occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Donghue? popularity and diffusion
The last name Donghue is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Donghue live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently used in England, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,572,686. In England Donghue is mostly concentrated in: Durham, where 33 percent live, Lincolnshire, where 33 percent live and Somerset, where 33 percent live. Excluding England it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and Ireland, where 13 percent live.
Donghue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Donghue has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Donghue surname contracted 62 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it contracted 79 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Donghue Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
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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 Donghue
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