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The surname Donoho

An Irish surname, carried by 2,135 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex D500

Donoho: #14,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Donoho #14,084, 2,135 people Donoho: #14,084 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Donoho #14,084, 2,135 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donoho is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish, a variant of Donoghue.

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 2,135 people named Donoho in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,066.

#14,084
rank among US surnames
2,135
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.3%
change since 2000 (was #13,496)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,076Ellefson2,137144,476
#14,082Pai2,136144,544
#14,084Youngberg2,135144,611
#14,090Cumbie2,134144,679
#14,093Cull2,133144,747

Who is named Donoho

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

94% of people named Donoho identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
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 Donohos

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • David Donoho
    American statistician (born 1957)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donoho

Donoho has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Donoho come from?
Donoho is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Donoho?
2,135 people in the United States had the surname Donoho in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,611 Americans. It ranked 14,084th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donoho?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Donoho identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Donoho?
David Donoho, American statistician (born 1957).
Where is the surname Donoho most common?
Wikidata records people named Donoho in the United States.
Is the surname Donoho getting more or less common?
More common. 2,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,135 in 2010, up 3.3%.