O'donovan 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 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 5
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

O'donovan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the O'donovan family

Profession Census Frequency
Retired Doctor 1
Journalist Author 1
Solicitor Clerk 1
Coal Dealer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for O'donovan

Name Census Frequency
James O'donovan 5
Kathleen O'donovan 5
Margaret O'donovan 5
Patrick O'donovan 5
Annie O'donovan 4
Catherine O'donovan 4
Daniel O'donovan 4
Mary O'donovan 4
Michael O'donovan 4
Thomas O'donovan 4
William O'donovan 4
Eileen O'donovan 3
Florence O'donovan 3
John O'donovan 3
Timothy O'donovan 3
Ann O'donovan 2
Anna O'donovan 2
Beatrice O'donovan 2
Danich O'donovan 2
Frances O'donovan 2
Julia O'donovan 2
Mabel O'donovan 2
Nora O'donovan 2
Richard O'donovan 2
Frank O'donovan 1

O'donovan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Odonovan 89% 245
2 O'donovan 100% 127

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The surname O'donovan is the 2nd most popular variant of Odonovan.

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