O'Driscol Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

O'Driscol Surname Definition:

(Celtic) the Irish O'h-Eidirsceoil = Descendant of Eidirsceol [v. O’-, and + the intervocalic insertion h, and v. Driscoll]

O'Driscol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland151:313,92910,911
England151:3,714,537119,675
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

O'Driscol Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) the Irish O'h-Eidirsceoil = Descendant of Eidirsceol [v. O’-, and + the intervocalic insertion h, and v. Driscoll]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

O'Driscol Last Name Facts

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

The surname O'Driscol occurs more in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 3,274,477th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name O'Driscol is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of O'Driscol are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in Ireland, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 313,929. In Ireland it is most common in: Munster, where 87 percent live. Excluding Ireland this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 42 percent live and Canada, where 11 percent live.

O'Driscol Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of O'Driscol has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the O'Driscol last name grew 115 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

O'Driscol Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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