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The ODONOGHUE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,767 15269 0.001 7
United States (1880 census) 17 77555 0 0
Change since 1880 +1750 +62286 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 20 51637 0 1
United Kingdom 245 14508 0.001 5
Top States for ODONOGHUE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 242 3084 0.004 38
New York 219 7650 0.001 12
California 195 11332 0.001 6
Illinois 186 6040 0.001 15
Florida 101 14907 0.001 6
Top States for ODONOGHUE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Massachusetts 242 3084 0.004 38
Maine 27 5335 0.002 21
Alaska 12 7303 0.002 19
Illinois 186 6040 0.001 15
New Hampshire 18 7542 0.001 15

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

Classification and Origin of ODONOGHUE

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 ODONOGHUE 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 ODONOGHUE 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 ODONOGHUE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 36 2.04
Mixed Race 28 1.58
White (Hispanic) 28 1.58
White (Caucasian) 1,670 94.51
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of ODONOGHUE in historical publications

O'DONOGHUE. An ancient sept in co. Cork, from which district they were exiDclled in the twelfth century by the j\Iac Cartj-s and O'Mahonys. They then settled in Kerry, and held the country round Lough Lcne and Killarney, aud were divided into two lines, known as the O'Donoghue More and the O'Donoghue Ross. D'Altou.

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 ODONOGHUE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as ODONOGHUE.

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 ODONOGHUE

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