Doonan Family History
Doonan Name Meaning
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Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dúnáin ‘descendant of
Dúnán’, which is a pet form of a longer name beginning
with dun ‘fortress’.reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Donnáin (see Donnan).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Doonan Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Doonan families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Doonan families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Doonan census records
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Doonan Family Origin
Doonan Emigration Information (US)
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Doonan Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Doonan
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