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O%27donovan Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’ (see Donovan).

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


Similar surnames: Donovan, Donegan, O'donoghue, O'dean, O'donnell, Donnan, O'gorman

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You can see how O%27donovan families moved over time by selecting different census years. The O%27donovan family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1880 and 1901. The most O%27donovan families were found in USA in 1880. In 1881 there were 2 O%27donovan families living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded O%27donovan's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of O%27donovan families in 1881.
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