O'donoghue Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 2
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 2
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 5
Dorset 1
Durham 2
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 19
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 65
Middlesex 22
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 8
Sussex 3
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

O'donoghue Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the O'donoghue family

Profession Census Frequency
School 12
None 4
House Maid (domestic) 3
Housemaid (domestic) 3
Commercial Clerk 2
General Servant (domestic) 2
Teacher 2
Hospital Nurse 2
Teacher In Secondary School 2
Antique Dealer 1
Assistant Time Checker 1
At Home 1
Civil Service Customs & Erase Supervisor 1
Clerk (engineer) 1
Clerk Railway 1
Nothing 1
Nursery Governess 1
Professional Musician 1
Salesman 1
Waitress (theatre) 1
Formerly General Labourer 1
Retired Civil Servant 1
Parlourmaid (domestic) 1
Retired Forest Manager B B T C H Burna 1
Student 1

Most Frequent Forenames for O'donoghue

Name Census Frequency
John O'donoghue 30
Mary O'donoghue 24
William O'donoghue 14
Daniel O'donoghue 11
Margaret O'donoghue 11
Thomas O'donoghue 8
Sarah O'donoghue 7
Edward O'donoghue 6
Ellen O'donoghue 6
James O'donoghue 6
Julia O'donoghue 6
Kathleen O'donoghue 6
Norah O'donoghue 6
Annie O'donoghue 5
Arthur O'donoghue 5
Bridget O'donoghue 5
Charles O'donoghue 5
Cornelius O'donoghue 5
Joseph O'donoghue 5
Patrick O'donoghue 5
Bernard O'donoghue 4
Catherine O'donoghue 4
Cordelia O'donoghue 4
Elizabeth O'donoghue 4
Florence O'donoghue 4

O'donoghue Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 O'donoghue 100% 315
2 Odonoghue 90% 213

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The surname O'donoghue is the most popular version of all its varients

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