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The o'donnell Surname

o'donnell Name Meaning and History

Irish (Donegal, Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Domhnaill ‘descendant of Domhnall’ (see McDonnell). This name is borne by several different Irish families.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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o'donnell Family Facts

Distribution of o'donnell Families in the US in 1920
Number of o'donnell families
 138-274
 47-137		 1-46
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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