How common is the surname Donnellan?

1,582 people in the United States had the surname Donnellan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,162 Americans. It ranked 17,720th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Donnellan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Donnellan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Donnellan?

Keith Donnellan, American philosopher (1931–2015).

Where is the surname Donnellan most common?

Wikidata records people named Donnellan in the United States.

Is the surname Donnellan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,582 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Donnellan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,582 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donnellan is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnalláin (“descendant of Domhnallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Domhnall.

Donnellan 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 1,582 people named Donnellan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,162 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,492.

#17,720

rank among US surnames

1,582

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #17,426)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,717	Brodersen	1,583	195,038
#17,720	Dopp	1,582	195,162
#17,726	Fader	1,581	195,285

Who is named Donnellan

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

94% of people named Donnellan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Donnellans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Keith Donnellan
American philosopher (1931–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donnellan

Donlan

Donnellan has the Soundex code D545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D545.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Donnellan come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnalláin (“descendant of Domhnallán”), a diminutive of the personal name Domhnall.
How common is the surname Donnellan?: 1,582 people in the United States had the surname Donnellan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,162 Americans. It ranked 17,720th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donnellan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Donnellan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Donnellan?: Keith Donnellan, American philosopher (1931–2015).
Where is the surname Donnellan most common?: Wikidata records people named Donnellan in the United States.
What type of surname is Donnellan?: Donnellan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Donnellan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,492 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,582 in 2010, up 6.0%.