The dooner Surname

dooner Name Meaning and History

German: variant of Donner.
Irish (Counties Roscommon and Leitrim): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dúnabhra, Ó Donnabhair ‘descendant of Dúnabhra’, from donn ‘brown’ + abhra ‘eyebrow’.

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

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The dooner name in History

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

dooner Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of dooner Families in the US in 1920

Number of dooner families

14-26

5-13

1-4

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John Dooner IRE to Australia 1841	chessdoon	1
Kate Dooner	katemce	2
DOONER in Pittston Pa area	pdunn56	2
Some one has to know Brian Dooner Born 1956	romulus6226	0
Brian Dooner born march 1956 Newark nj adopted any info?????	romulus6226	0
adopted	j finnigan	0
Dooner	Kate	0
Carola Dooner, BVM	Kate McElligott	1
Dooners in New York	Shawna_Dooner	14
Patrick Joseph Dooner	Karen Storminger	0

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