O'Domhnaill Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

O'Domhnaill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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O'Domhnaill Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1441:32,7012,792
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

The alternate forms: Ó'domhnaill (1) are calculated separately.

O'Domhnaill Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name O'Domhnaill Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name O'Domhnaill is more frequently found in Ireland than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Ó'domhnaill. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Domhnaill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The last name O'Domhnaill occurs mostly in Europe, where 101 percent of O'Domhnaill are found; 101 percent are found in Northern Europe and 101 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname O'Domhnaill is most frequently used in Ireland, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 32,701. In Ireland O'Domhnaill is mostly found in: Connaught, where 65 percent are found, Ulster, where 18 percent are found and Leinster, where 12 percent are found. Other than Ireland it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

O'Domhnaill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of O'Domhnaill has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people carrying the O'Domhnaill surname expanded 14,400 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ó'domhnaill971/
Odomhnaill9520/
O'Domhnail952/
O'Donhnaill911/
Odomnaill901/
Odoemenal705/
O Domnell700/
Odoemeanal678/
Odoemenale673/
Odmnell670/

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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 O'Domhnaill
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