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O'daniel Surname Meaning

Irish: variant of O’Donnell, influenced by the Biblical name Daniel, to which it is etymologically unrelated.

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


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You can see how O'daniel families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'daniel family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most O'daniel families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 71 O'daniel families living in Tennessee. This was about 30% of all the recorded O'daniel's in USA. Tennessee had the highest population of O'daniel families in 1880.
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Between 1986 and 2003, in the United States, O'daniel life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1998, and highest in 1986. The average life expectancy for O'daniel in 1986 was 97, and 37 in 2003.

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