O'Donel Surname

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

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

O'Donel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Donel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England111:5,065,278148,650
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland461:96,3016,269
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales71:224,0598,079
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2591:193,89516,985

O'Donel Last Name Facts

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

O'Donel is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The surname O'Donel is the 4,116,508th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of O'Donel reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 33 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 25 percent live and Massachusetts, where 17 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 48 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.

O'Donel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of O'Donel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the O'Donel last name contracted 95 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

O'Donel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland.

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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'Donel
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