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

The surname Donnley is found most in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donnley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,746,821st most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname is primarily 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 held first name on earth It is held by 22 people.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 18 percent are found, Texas, where 15 percent are found and Indiana, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States Donnley exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Donnley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Donnley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donnley last name 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 devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Donnley last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political 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
  • 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 Donnley
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