Donohue Surname

19,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28,609 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Donohue Surname Definition:

Contraction of O’Donoghoe, O’Donoghue, q.v.

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Donohue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,6681:17,5372,219
Australia2,5841:10,4471,549
England2,1141:26,3573,601
Ireland1,6271:2,894532
Canada1,0321:35,7034,552
New Zealand921:49,2217,974
Northern Ireland751:24,6002,768
Scotland651:82,3666,014
Peru611:521,05114,430
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Wales301:103,1518,167
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Qatar251:94,32010,875
Belgium221:522,57550,051
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
France71:9,488,960336,266
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
China21:683,660,78330,601
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,5651:2,831531
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6321:38,5694,944
Wales361:43,5672,298
Scotland251:149,7296,268
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1671:9,7191,243

Donohue (84) may also be a first name.

Donohue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Contraction of O’Donoghoe, O’Donoghue, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Descendant of Donough (brown battler).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The name Donner originally appeared in Gaelic as O Donnchadha, which means Donnchadh or 'son of Donagh'. The surname Donner was first found in County Kerry, part of the former County Desmond (14th-17th Centuries). Located in Southwestern Ireland, in Province Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

- morgan_mcgrath95

Donohue Last Name Facts

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

The surname Donohue is found most frequently in The United States. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donohue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 19,213th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 254,729 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Donohue reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,046,220th most common forename internationally It is held by 84 people.

The last name Donohue is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 20,668 people, or 1 in 17,537. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 8 percent reside, New Jersey, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 52 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 9 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Donohue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Donohue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donohue surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 334 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 104 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donohue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Donohue surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Donohue surname are 8.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.89% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Donohue earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 46.4% less than the national average, earning S/. 10,390 per year; in South Africa they earn 19.24% more than the national average, earning R 283,356 per year; in United States they earn 15.56% more than the national average, earning $49,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.59% more than the national average, earning $51,964 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donnohue9363/
Donoyhue930/
Donoehue930/
Donouhue930/
Donahue8645,869/
Donohie8616/
Danohue862/
Denohue861/
Donojue860/
Donnahue8052/
Donhahue806/
Danoyhue800/
Donahie7134/
Danahue718/
Denahue711/
Donnahie673/
Dannahue670/
Danaeue571/
Dannahie530/

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Donohue Reference & Research

O'Donoghue Society DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

O'Donoghue Society FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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