Donohue Surname
Approximately 28,609 people bear this surname
Donohue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,668 | 1:17,537 | 2,219 |
| Australia | 2,584 | 1:10,447 | 1,549 |
| England | 2,114 | 1:26,357 | 3,601 |
| Ireland | 1,627 | 1:2,894 | 532 |
| Canada | 1,032 | 1:35,703 | 4,552 |
| New Zealand | 92 | 1:49,221 | 7,974 |
| Northern Ireland | 75 | 1:24,600 | 2,768 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:82,366 | 6,014 |
| Peru | 61 | 1:521,051 | 14,430 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,565 | 1:2,831 | 531 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 632 | 1:38,569 | 4,944 |
| Wales | 36 | 1:43,567 | 2,298 |
| Scotland | 25 | 1:149,729 | 6,268 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,167 | 1:9,719 | 1,243 |
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.
(Irish) Descendant of Donough (brown battler).
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.
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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.
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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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Footnotes
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