The donovan Surname

donovan Name Meaning and History

Irish (originally of County Limerick, later of Counties Cork and Kilkenny): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donndubháin ‘descendant of Donndubhán’, a personal name composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + dubh ‘black’ + the diminutive suffix -án.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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donovan Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of donovan Families in the US in 1920

Number of donovan families

802-1602

268-801

1-267

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Donovan Vital Records (Massachusetts)	j_jogg	15
Donovan	johnedonovan1	2
Donovan from southwest County Cork, Ireland	WalshBarb	1
MARY DONOVAN--ST JOHN NB CAN	sandraanderson1	18
Patrick J & Katharine (Kate) Carmody - Donovan	DanielleStrayer	4
John Donovan	sooze10	11
Mary Catherine Donovan	natashabree	0
Donovan Photo's	Ohsuzi	3
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Daniel Donovan	Thom Donovan	4

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