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The O' DRISCOLL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,370 18569 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 13 83912 0 0
Change since 1880 +1357 +65343 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 5 150688 0 0
United Kingdom 200 16457 0 4
Top States for O' DRISCOLL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 187 3986 0.003 29
New York 159 10433 0.001 8
California 133 15815 0.000 4
Florida 98 15318 0.001 6
Utah 89 2791 0.004 40
Top States for O' DRISCOLL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Utah 89 2791 0.004 40
Massachusetts 187 3986 0.003 29
Wyoming 11 5700 0.002 22
Maine 12 10009 0.001 9
Wisconsin 47 16358 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called O' DRISCOLL live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called O' DRISCOLL represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called O' DRISCOLL in Massachusetts than any other state, but you are more likely to find a O' DRISCOLL by picking someone at random in Utah than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of O' DRISCOLL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the O' DRISCOLL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the O' DRISCOLL surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of O' DRISCOLL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 19 1.39
Mixed Race 13 0.95
Asian/Pacific 5 0.36
White (Caucasian) 1,330 97.08
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the O' DRISCOLL surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of O' DRISCOLL in historical publications

O'DRISCOLL. ยป The ancient sept of O'Driscoll or Hederiscoll were settled at Carberrjr, 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.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to O' DRISCOLL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as O' DRISCOLL.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for O' DRISCOLL

The following words are slight variants of O' DRISCOLL that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.