Donnley Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

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

Donnley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donnley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland271:138,6386,001
England181:1,354,18747,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Donnley (22) may also be a first name.

Donnley Last Name Facts

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

Donnley is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donnley? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donnley is the 2,746,821st most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Donnley reside; 70 percent reside in North America and 70 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 22 people.

The last name Donnley is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States Donnley is most numerous in: California, where 18 percent live, Texas, where 15 percent live and Indiana, where 5 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Donnley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donnley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donnley surname contracted 72 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 85 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Donnley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States Donnley are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Donnley earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 7.65% more than the national average, earning $46,451 USD per year and in Canada they earn 54.23% less than the national average, earning $22,738 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 Donnley
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