Donoughue Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Donoughue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donoughue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:6,590,162310,708
England361:1,547,72466,012
Scotland111:486,71119,179
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland281:158,2108,327
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England911:267,86118,927
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:652,19142,935

Donoughue Last Name Facts

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

Donoughue is found most in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Donoughue click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donoughue? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,736,881st most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Donoughue is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Donoughue live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 55 people, or 1 in 6,590,162. In The United States it is most common in: Texas, where 40 percent live, New Jersey, where 25 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 32 percent live and Scotland, where 10 percent live.

Donoughue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Donoughue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Donoughue surname fell 29 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 93 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Donoughue Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Donoughue surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Donoughue surname are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the political party.

Donoughue earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 15.66% more than the national average, earning $49,908 USD per year.

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Donoughue 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

  • 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 Donoughue
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