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    The surname Donaghy

    A surname, carried by 1,863 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D520

    Donaghy: #15,669 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Donaghy #15,669, 1,863 people Donaghy: #15,669 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Donaghy #15,669, 1,863 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donaghy is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,863 people named Donaghy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,725 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,765.

    #15,669
    rank among US surnames
    1,863
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,286)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,663Bert1,864165,636
    #15,669Donaghy1,863165,725
    #15,673Calixte1,862165,814

    Who is named Donaghy

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

    95% of people named Donaghy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Donaghy

    Donaghy has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Donaghy?
    1,863 people in the United States had the surname Donaghy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,725 Americans. It ranked 15,669th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Donaghy?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Donaghy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Donaghy getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,765 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,863 in 2010, up 5.6%.