How common is the surname Driscoll?

23,385 people in the United States had the surname Driscoll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,203 Americans. It ranked 1,538th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Driscoll?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Driscoll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Driscoll?

Bobby Driscoll, American actor (1937–1968), followed by Agnes Meyer Driscoll.

Where is the surname Driscoll most common?

Wikidata records people named Driscoll in the United States.

How do you pronounce Driscoll?

Driscoll is /ˈdɹɪskəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Driscoll getting more or less common?

More common. 23,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,385 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Driscoll

An Irish surname, carried by 23,385 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɹɪskəl/ 2 syllables Soundex D624

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Driscoll is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó hEidirsceoil and Ó Drisceoil.

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 23,385 people named Driscoll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,203 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 23,063.

#1,538

rank among US surnames

23,385

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,529	McGhee	23,461	13,160
#1,530	Post	23,458	13,162
#1,531	Montalvo	23,454	13,164
#1,532	Zhou	23,437	13,173
#1,533	Prado	23,436	13,174
#1,534	Heard	23,408	13,190
#1,535	Lord	23,405	13,191

Who is named Driscoll

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

94% of people named Driscoll identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Driscolls

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bobby Driscoll
American actor (1937–1968)
Agnes Meyer Driscoll
American cryptographer, 1889–1971
Gary Driscoll
American drummer (1946–1987)
Daniel P. Driscoll
American politician, born 1980
Paddy Driscoll
American baseball player (1896–1968)
Mark Driscoll
American pastor, born 1970
Michael Patrick Driscoll
American Catholic bishop (1939–2017)
Clara Driscoll
American glass artist (1861 - 1944)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Driscoll

Driscoll has the Soundex code D624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D624.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Driscoll come from?: From Irish Ó hEidirsceoil and Ó Drisceoil.
How common is the surname Driscoll?: 23,385 people in the United States had the surname Driscoll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,203 Americans. It ranked 1,538th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Driscoll?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Driscoll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Driscoll?: Bobby Driscoll, American actor (1937–1968), followed by Agnes Meyer Driscoll.
Where is the surname Driscoll most common?: Wikidata records people named Driscoll in the United States.
How do you pronounce Driscoll?: Driscoll is /ˈdɹɪskəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Driscoll getting more or less common?: More common. 23,063 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,385 in 2010, up 1.4%.