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donahue Name Meaning and History

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Donnchadha ‘descendant of Donnchadh’, a personal name (sometimes Anglicized as Duncan in Scotland), composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + cath ‘battle’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the donahue family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of donahue Families in the US in 1920
Number of donahue families
 557-1112
 186-556		 1-185
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