Driscoll Surname

11,854th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47,425 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Driscoll Surname Definition:

(Celtic) for the Irish Eidirsceol [a compound of Irish eidir, sense, wisdom, and sceól, a story, tale, news; or from eidir, between, and sceól, a tale: eidirsceol, an interpreter]

Driscoll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,0841:10,9561,341
England5,3351:10,4441,544
Australia3,6871:7,3221,075
Canada2,8461:12,9461,918
Wales7841:3,947426
Ireland5701:8,2611,155
New Zealand2321:19,5193,431
Scotland1291:41,5023,856
South Africa921:588,88845,159
Thailand861:821,376131,940
France651:1,021,888113,182
Northern Ireland571:32,3693,269
Mexico491:2,533,18821,064
Jersey391:2,544430
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
United States Virgin Islands231:4,799753
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Guam161:10,0081,526
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Qatar121:196,50026,891
United Arab Emirates121:763,52325,625
Denmark111:513,15632,022
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Bahrain91:149,8455,469
Turks and Caicos Islands81:4,291379
Trinidad and Tobago61:227,32910,175
Norway61:857,04855,549
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
China61:227,886,92811,701
India51:153,413,076951,030
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malta11:430,2723,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,6681:949162
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7101:8,9951,351
Wales5771:2,718181
Scotland331:113,4315,331
Jersey91:5,7651,004
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,4481:6,743851

Driscoll (141) may also be a first name.

Driscoll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) for the Irish Eidirsceol [a compound of Irish eidir, sense, wisdom, and sceól, a story, tale, news; or from eidir, between, and sceól, a tale: eidirsceol, an interpreter]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó hEidersceoil, the later form is Ó Drisceoil.

One of the principal Corca Laoidhe septs. Bibl; IF 129; Map Cork; Plate IX

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Grandson of Eidirsceol (interpreter).

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

The Irish O'Driscoll, sans O.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Driscoll Last Name Facts

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

Driscoll is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Driscoll? popularity and diffusion

Driscoll is the 11,854th most frequently used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 153,665 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Driscoll live; 67 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 778,371st most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 141 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 33,084 people, or 1 in 10,956. In The United States Driscoll is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 14 percent reside, New York, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 74 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Driscoll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Driscoll has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Driscoll surname expanded 444 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 88 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 391 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Driscoll Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Driscoll surname is chiefly Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Driscoll last name are 0.009999999999998% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.22% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Driscoll earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 25.59% less than the national average, earning 257,526 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 14.96% less than the national average, earning R 202,080 per year; in United States they earn 14.11% more than the national average, earning $49,237 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.54% more than the national average, earning $52,930 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Driscoll
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis