Doonican Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Doonican Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doonican Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
England111:5,065,278148,650
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland261:170,3798,688
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Doonican Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doonican is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doonican? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Doonican live; 52 percent live in Australasia and 52 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 2,249,642. In Australia it is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Australia this surname exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 48 percent reside.

Doonican Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Doonican has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Doonican surname rose 122 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Doonican Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Doonican surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donican930/
Donician885/
Donichan881/
Domnican880/
Donnican880/
Donisan80863/
Dunican80640/
Danican80295/
Donikan8023/
Donecan801/
Donizan801/
Donijan801/
Donigian75271/
Dunnican75117/
Donisang756/
Donegian755/
Dunicand751/
Domnisan751/
Donizean751/
Donuisang7162/
Dhanicand716/
Donison67424/
Dunikan6770/
Danisan6763/
Danycan6729/
Danizan6726/
Danicam6720/
Tdonuisang673/
Donesan673/
Danikan672/
Dunycan671/
Donizon671/
Danicon671/
Dunecan671/
Donekan671/

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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 Doonican
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