O'Donoghue family name history and map

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O’Donoghue

O'Donoghue in 1911 Ireland

The 1911 Census recorded 1,631 people named O'Donoghue in Ireland, about 0.037% of everyone living in the country at the time and the 534th most common surname overall. The name was split fairly evenly between men and women: 837 men and 792 women. (A small number, 2, had no sex recorded.)

Counties with O'Donoghue in Ireland

Cork was O'Donoghue country: 34% of them (554 people) lived there in 1911. Next came Kerry (382), Limerick (207), Dublin (134) and Tipperary (95).
Surname distribution map, 1911 census

O'Donoghue average age in 1911

The average O'Donoghue in 1911 was 28.5 years old, 28.7 for men and 28.3 for women; a touch younger than the national averages of 29.6 for men and 30.5 for women. That low figure reflects just how many children there were in Edwardian Ireland, along with high infant mortality and the limits of public health at the time. For comparison, average life expectancy in Ireland today is around 83.

O'Donoghue literacy in 1911

Of the O'Donoghues whose literacy was recorded, 83.8% could both read and write, 1.9% could read but not write, and 14.3% could do neither. The figures were much the same for men and women. Bear in mind these figures include young children; the census itself only counted people aged nine and over when calculating illiteracy, on the grounds that it was unfair to label a child illiterate before they'd had a chance to learn.

O'Donoghue common first names

The most common male names were John (99), Patrick, Michael, James and Daniel. For women it was Mary (126), followed by Margaret, Bridget, Ellen and Catherine.

O'Donoghue occupations in 1911

The most common entry on an O'Donoghue's census form was "Scholar"; 20.3% (331) were children at school. Among the rest, the most common occupations were farmer (13.1%), shopkeeper / shop assistant / dealer (3.9%), general labourer (3.3%) and domestic servant (2.7%). Grouped by sector, agriculture accounted for 16.1% of all O'Donoghues, followed by retail & commerce, domestic service and professional.

What religion is O'Donoghue?

O'Donoghues were overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, 98% of them. The remainder were mostly Anglican (1.2%) and No Religion (0.1%).
Map showing where Roman Catholic families of this surname lived in Ireland, 1911 census

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O'Donoghue statistics (1911)

Number: 1,631
Rank: 534
Average Age: 29

O'Donoghue in the USA (2020)

Number: 2,126
Rank: 13,648

Note: If there were less than 100 in the USA census it will show as zero. 

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