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    The surname Donahoo

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,289 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex D500

    Donahoo: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Donahoo #20,565, 1,289 people Donahoo: #20,565 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Donahoo #20,565, 1,289 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donahoo is more common than 87.3% 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 1,289 people named Donahoo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,282.

    #20,565
    rank among US surnames
    1,289
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,491)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,565Elmi1,289239,523
    #20,574Follmer1,288239,709

    Who is named Donahoo

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

    91% of people named Donahoo identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    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 Donahoo

    Donahoo 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 Donahoo come from?
    Variant of Donahue.
    How common is the surname Donahoo?
    1,289 people in the United States had the surname Donahoo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,523 Americans. It ranked 20,565th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Donahoo?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Donahoo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Donahoo getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,289 in 2010, up 0.5%.