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    The surname O'Donovan

    An Irish surname, carried by 1,345 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O351

    O'Donovan: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer O'Donovan #19,945, 1,345 people O'Donovan: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez O'Donovan #19,945, 1,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). O'Donovan is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    From Irish Ó Dunnabháin.

    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 1,345 people named O'Donovan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,180.

    #19,945
    rank among US surnames
    1,345
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14%
    change since 2000 (was #20,800)

    Who is named O'Donovan

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

    94% of people named O'Donovan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname O'Donovan come from?
    From Irish Ó Dunnabháin.
    How common is the surname O'Donovan?
    1,345 people in the United States had the surname O'Donovan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. It ranked 19,945th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname O'Donovan?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named O'Donovan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname O'Donovan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,345 in 2010, up 14%.