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O'doherty Family History

O'doherty Surname Meaning

Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochartaigh ‘descendant of Dochartach’ (see Doherty).

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


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You can see how O'doherty families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O'doherty family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most O'doherty families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there was 1 O'doherty family living in Surrey. This was 100% of all the recorded O'doherty's in United Kingdom. Surrey had the highest population of O'doherty families in 1891.
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Between 1996 and 2002, in the United States, O'doherty life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1996, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for O'doherty in 1996 was 43, and 55 in 2002.

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