Donogan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Romania

Donogan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donogan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Wales31:522,80514,314
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

The alternate forms: Donogán (41) are calculated separately.

Donogan Last Name Facts

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

Donogan is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Donogán. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Donogan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donogan is the 8,968,613th most widespread surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Donogan is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Donogan live; 25 percent live in North America and 25 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 100 percent are found. Beside England it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 25 percent are found and Romania, where 25 percent are found.

Donogan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donogan has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Donogan surname contracted 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Donogan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily 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
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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 Donogan
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