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O%27day Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deaghaidh (see O’Dea).

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


Similar surnames: Day, O'dea, O'dean, O'ney, O'grady, O'gara, O'mary, Monday, O'bar

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You can see how O%27day families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27day family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1861 and 1920. The most O%27day families were found in USA in 1880. In 1861 there was 1 O%27day family living in Perthshire. This was 100% of all the recorded O%27day's in Scotland. Perthshire had the highest population of O%27day families in 1861.
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Between 1993 and 2004, in the United States, O%27day life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1993, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for O%27day in 1993 was 19, and 62 in 2004.

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