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    The surname Donnan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 851 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donnan is more common than 82.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

    Donnan 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 851 people named Donnan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 362,803 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 822.

    #28,131
    rank among US surnames
    851
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #27,595)

    Who is named Donnan

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

    94% of people named Donnan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    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 Donnan

    Donnan has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Donnan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
    How common is the surname Donnan?
    851 people in the United States had the surname Donnan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 362,803 Americans. It ranked 28,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Donnan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Donnan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Donnan?
    Donnan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Donnan getting more or less common?
    More common. 822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 851 in 2010, up 3.5%.