Macdonnell Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 1
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 8
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 13
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Macdonnell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Macdonnell family

Profession Census Frequency
Cabinet Maker(photographer) 1
Char Woman 1
Confectioner Packer Baker 1
Errand Boy Port 1
Hospital Nurse Sick 1
Medical Student 1
Solicitor 1
Brick Layer Labourer 1
Charwoman 1
Compositor Printer 1
Hawker 1
Railway Porter 1
Companion Domestic 1
Flour Winder Mill Manager 1
Major Royal Engineer 1
Stockjobber's Clerk 1
Surgeon 1
Servant Domestic 1
Foreman Millwright 1
Student 1
Domestic Cook 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Macdonnell

Name Census Frequency
John Macdonnell 20
Mary Macdonnell 20
James Macdonnell 15
William Macdonnell 12
Margaret Macdonnell 10
Sarah Macdonnell 9
Patrick Macdonnell 8
Catherine Macdonnell 7
Henry Macdonnell 7
Jane Macdonnell 6
Thomas Macdonnell 6
Bridget Macdonnell 5
Charles Macdonnell 5
Ellen Macdonnell 5
Emma Macdonnell 5
Joseph Macdonnell 5
Alfred Macdonnell 4
Annie Macdonnell 4
Arthur Macdonnell 4
Edward Macdonnell 4
Eliza Macdonnell 4
Frederick Macdonnell 4
George Macdonnell 4
Richard Macdonnell 4
Edith Macdonnell 3

Macdonnell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mcdonnell 90% 2,856
2 Macdonnell 100% 306
3 Mcdonell 80% 261
4 Macdonell 90% 209
5 Mcdonnel 80% 160

Did you know?

The surname Macdonnell is the 2nd most popular variant of Mcdonnell.

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