O'Donald Surname

1,144,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 210 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

O'Donald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Donald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1541:2,353,629145,693
Australia321:843,61652,533
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
England81:6,964,757184,742
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1941:125,64611,793
Scotland991:37,8102,945
Wales61:261,4039,165
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0051:49,9695,679

O'Donald Last Name Facts

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

The surname O'Donald is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

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

This surname is the 1,144,405th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The last name O'Donald occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of O'Donald are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 154 people, or 1 in 2,353,629. In The United States O'Donald is primarily found in: Maryland, where 13 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Texas, where 6 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

O'Donald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of O'Donald has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the O'Donald last name decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.

O'Donald Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

The amount O'Donald earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 44.23% more than the national average, earning $62,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.5% more than the national average, earning $53,411 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
O'Donnald940/
Odonald93552/
Odonnald882/
O'Donold881/
Odohnald880/
Odoneld801/
Adonald801/
Odonold800/
Odanalds750/
Odonnold750/
Odonneld750/
Adonold671/
Odanold670/
Adanald670/
Eidonalt631/
Odonglit631/

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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
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  • 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'Donald
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