Donneely Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

Donneely Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donneely Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:362,22614,761
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Donneely Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donneely occurs in Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Donneely click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donneely? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donneely is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Donneely occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Donneely are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in Ireland, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 362,226. In Ireland Donneely is mostly concentrated in: Connaught, where 100 percent are found.

Donneely Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donneely has changed through the years. In Ireland the share of the population with the surname grew 650 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Donneely Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Donneely
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