Dullea Surname
Approximately 929 people bear this surname
Dullea Surname Definition:
Woulfe equates Dunlea with Dunleavy. MacDuinnsléibhe, as the Gaelic form of Dunlea, must, however, be accepted with reserve as there is no record of that sept migrating from one end of the country to the other. All the numerous references to Dunlea and its synonyms I have met from 1583 up to quite modern times relate not to Ulster or north Connacht but to the south western counties of Munster.
Read More About This SurnameDullea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 645 | 1:561,952 | 46,273 |
| Ireland | 196 | 1:24,025 | 2,310 |
| England | 46 | 1:1,211,262 | 56,182 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:171,918 | 11,581 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 117 | 1:37,862 | 3,515 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 70 | 1:717,410 | 46,098 |
Dullea Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Woulfe equates Dunlea with Dunleavy. MacDuinnsléibhe, as the Gaelic form of Dunlea, must, however, be accepted with reserve as there is no record of that sept migrating from one end of the country to the other. All the numerous references to Dunlea and its synonyms I have met from 1583 up to quite modern times relate not to Ulster or north Connacht but to the south western counties of Munster.
As far back as the sixteenth century in the Fiants we find variants which elide the N and‘correspond to the modern Co. Cork synonym Dullea (sometimes written Delea): O'Du1lea (Corkbeg) occurs in those Fiants, as do Donlea and O'Donlegh: the former in the persons of Donell and Owen MacDermodie O'Donlegh, who were among a number of Cork men “pardoned” in 1586; the latter of Cloyne, Co.
Cork. There it may lead to confusion, for in the very part of the country in which those names are indigenous we meet in Cork, Cloyne and Limerick wills of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Douly and Dully, and these at first sight suggest the 'Ofl'aly name Dooly rather than Dullea. Having regard, however, to the consistency with which they appear in Munster, it would seem more likely that they originate in the O Dubhalla sept of Muskerry, Co. Cork. Possibly O'Doly, which appears in a Justiciary Roll of 1307 for Co. Cork is a very early anglicized form of Ó Dubhalla. Here are a few instances of a later date than the Co. Cork Fiants mentioned above: O'Dule is recorded in the “census”
of 1659 as a principal Irish name in Limerick city; in 1664-66 Dunlea and Dynlea are frequent in the Tipperary Hearth Money Rolls; in 1704 Father Owen Dunlea was parish priest of Kilcomin, Co. Kerry (the same I presume as Father Eugene Dunlea, parish priest of Killarney in 1725). The place called Dunlea's Hill, near Glenstal, Co. Limerick, marks the home of one branch of the family: to this belongs Father Thomas Vincent Dunlea, P.P., the founder of Boystown, New South Wales.
Dullea Demographics
Dullea Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Dullea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dullea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dullea is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dullea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dullea is the 383,038th most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 7,844,506 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Dullea live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 645 people, or 1 in 561,952. In The United States Dullea is primarily concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 22 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Texas, where 5 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 21 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Dullea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dullea has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dullea last name grew 921 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 168 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it grew 767 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dullea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dullea last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Dullea last name are 17.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.67% registered with the party.
Dullea earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.27% more than the national average, earning $49,305 USD per year.
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