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O'driscoll Family History

O'driscoll Surname Meaning

Irish (western Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEidirsceóil ‘descendant of the messenger’ (see Driscoll).

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


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You can see how O'driscoll families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'driscoll family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O'driscoll families were found in USA in 1880. In 1901 there was 1 O'driscoll family living in Midlothian. This was 100% of all the recorded O'driscoll's in Scotland. Midlothian had the highest population of O'driscoll families in 1901.
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Passenger Lists

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Between 1991 and 2001, in the United States, O'driscoll life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1991, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for O'driscoll in 1991 was 26, and 44 in 2001.

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