# Donoghue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/donoghue/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,300 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,810 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 93,559 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (3,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Donaghue, Donohoe, Donohue, Donaghy, Donohew |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Donnchadha (“descendant of Duncan”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Donoghue in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Donoghue in the United States.

## People named Donoghue

- Joan Donoghue, American judge
- Joe Donoghue, American speed skater (1871–1921)
- John Francis Donoghue, American Roman Catholic archbishop (1928-2011)

## Similar surnames

Dong, Donaghy, Dennis, Downs, Dang, Duong, Dumas, Duenas, Damico, Deng, Deyoung, Dimas.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.