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    The surname Doheny

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 990 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D500

    Doheny: #25,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Doheny #25,083, 990 people Doheny: #25,083 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Doheny #25,083, 990 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Doheny is more common than 84.5% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhconna (“descendant of Dubhconna”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + Conna, a hypocoristic form of Colmán.

    Doheny is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 990 people named Doheny in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 311,864 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 949.

    #25,083
    rank among US surnames
    990
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #24,663)

    Who is named Doheny

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Doheny identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Doheny

    Doheny has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Doheny come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhconna (“descendant of Dubhconna”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + Conna, a hypocoristic form of Colmán.
    How common is the surname Doheny?
    990 people in the United States had the surname Doheny in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 311,864 Americans. It ranked 25,083rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Doheny?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Doheny identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Doheny?
    Doheny is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Doheny getting more or less common?
    More common. 949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 990 in 2010, up 4.3%.