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    The surname Donahoe

    An Irish surname, carried by 3,475 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D500

    Donahoe: #9,361 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Donahoe #9,361, 3,475 people Donahoe: #9,361 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Donahoe #9,361, 3,475 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donahoe is more common than 94.2% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Donahue.

    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 3,475 people named Donahoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,848 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,303.

    #9,361
    rank among US surnames
    3,475
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,093)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,352McCammon3,47888,771
    #9,355Acord3,47788,797
    #9,357Devault3,47688,822
    #9,361Mundt3,47588,848
    #9,365Callison3,47488,873
    #9,366Wear3,47388,899
    #9,368Liss3,47288,924

    Who is named Donahoe

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

    94% of people named Donahoe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Donahoes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Donahoe
      American businessperson and board member, former CEO of Nike, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Donahoe

    Donahoe 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 Donahoe come from?
    Variant of Donahue.
    How common is the surname Donahoe?
    3,475 people in the United States had the surname Donahoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,848 Americans. It ranked 9,361st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Donahoe?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Donahoe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Donahoe?
    John Donahoe, American businessperson and board member, former CEO of Nike.
    Where is the surname Donahoe most common?
    Wikidata records people named Donahoe in the United States.
    Is the surname Donahoe getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,303 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,475 in 2010, up 5.2%.