O'Driscoll Surname

40,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,856 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ireland
Highest density in:
Ireland

O'Driscoll Surname Definition:

Ó hEidersceoil, the later form is Ó Drisceoil.

One of the principal Corca Laoidhe septs. Bibl; IF 129; Map Cork; Plate IX

O'Driscoll Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7,1151:662116
England2,8891:19,2862,750
Australia8191:32,9624,357
Canada7521:48,9975,942
United States6611:548,34945,358
New Zealand2241:20,2163,553
Wales1541:20,0942,123
Scotland1091:49,1184,267
Northern Ireland731:25,2742,815
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Denmark111:513,15632,022
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
France101:6,642,272293,169
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Jamaica41:717,48710,371
Laos41:1,647,081888
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
China21:683,660,78330,601
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Malta11:430,2723,380
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,1681:3,793676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Wales161:98,0264,293
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

O'Driscoll (14) may also be a first name.

O'Driscoll Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ó hEidersceoil, the later form is Ó Drisceoil.

One of the principal Corca Laoidhe septs. Bibl; IF 129; Map Cork; Plate IX

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(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

"The ancient sept of O'Driscoll or Hederiscoll were settled at Carberry, with Bear and Bantry, in the county of Cork. They also possessed the island of Cape Clear, the territory about the Bay of Baltimore, and part of Inveragh in Kerry. Within this ambit, they had castles in Dunashad and Dunalong near Baltimore, both of which were garrisoned by the Spaniards in the war of 1599; they had also a castle at Dunamore in Cape Clear island." D'Alton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

O'Driscoll Last Name Facts

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

O'Driscoll is found most frequently in Ireland. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of O'Driscoll.

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

The last name is the 40,730th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 566,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of O'Driscoll live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles. O'Driscoll is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name internationally, held by 14 people.

This surname is most common in Ireland, where it is carried by 7,115 people, or 1 in 662. In Ireland it is most frequent in: Munster, where 63 percent live, Leinster, where 24 percent live and Connaught, where 2 percent live. Beside Ireland this surname is found in 53 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

O'Driscoll Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of O'Driscoll has changed through the years. In Ireland the number of people bearing the O'Driscoll surname expanded 609 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 6,566 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 931 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 963 percent between 1881 and 2014.

O'Driscoll Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the O'Driscoll surname is predominantly Catholic (99%) in Ireland.

The amount O'Driscoll earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 79.81% more than the national average, earning $77,587 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.93% less than the national average, earning $48,225 CAD per year.

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