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Donohoe
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Origin Of The Surname Donohoe
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Meaning Of The Surname Donohoe
Descendant of the Brown Warrior
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Interesting
Facts About
Donohoe
Donohoe is a Gaelic surname and is a modern variant of the Old Gaelic O’Donnchadha.
The prefixed ‘O’ in this surname denotes that it is patronymic. Traditionally, Gaelic patronymic surnames were given to pass down the name of a clan chieftain or revered elder. In this we can break the name down to the components ‘donn’ meaning brown and ‘chadha’ meaning a warrior. The brown could have referred to the colour of the warriors attire.
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Donohoe Statistics
Donohoe is the number 1735 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,200 share the surname Donohoe in the UK.
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