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O'donoghue Family History

O'donoghue Surname Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’ (see Donahue).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


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Between 1997 and 2002, in the United States, O'donoghue life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2000, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for O'donoghue in 1997 was 83, and 53 in 2002.

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