The doherty Surname

doherty Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dochartaigh ‘descendant of Dochartach’, a byname from do + cartach ‘not loving’. The family were chieftains in Donegal.

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The doherty name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the doherty family name as far back in history as possible.

doherty Family Facts

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Distribution of doherty Families in the US in 1920

Number of doherty families

792-1581

265-791

1-264

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Any doherty from county mayo	mad_d02	2
doherty co down	jan_doh2	5
O'Doherty/Dougherty/Doherty Wilson Callahan	katie Doherty	35
Doherty family in Victoria Australia	Kerry	5
dohertys of rensfrew scotland	jjaccee3832	10
Alice Doherty	Bruce_Blackwell	0
CATHERINE DOHERTYSCOTLAND	Jennifer Titano	22
Catherine Doherty	GHighton	0
George Raynor Doherty	suzanne doherty	0
Doherty/Bonner from Malin Head to Boston~1904	greene12291	0

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