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 found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

The surname is the 4,116,508th most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of O'Donel reside; 52 percent reside in North America and 52 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent 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 are found, Pennsylvania, where 25 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 17 percent are found. Excluding The United States it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 48 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.

O'Donel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

O'Donel Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily 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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