The Donohue surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,919 people carried this name — #2,587 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 13,416 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Donohue surname

Variant of O'Donoghue, from Irish Ó Donnachú.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Donohue» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Donohue in American newspapers,
1906–1908.

Newspaper page from The Morning Astorian carrying the name Donohue
The Morning Astorian 1908-09-04
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Donohue
East Oregonian : E.o 1908-09-04
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Donohue
The Salt Lake Herald 1906-10-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 106,561 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Donohue in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

24,123 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Donohue. The most, 4,292, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8,741
Queensland 5,423
Victoria 5,103
Tasmania 1,775
South Australia 1,451
Western Australia 1,346
ACT (Canberra) 244
Northern Territory 12

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Donohue.

Who carried it

People named Donohue,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William J. Donohue
    William J. Donohue 1873–1907 · politician
  • Harold Daniel Donohue
    Harold Daniel Donohue 1901–1984 · lawyer
  • Mick Donohue
    Mick Donohue 1917–1990 · Australian rules football player
  • Mark Donohue
    Mark Donohue 1937–1975 · motorcycle racer
  • Tom J. Donohue
    Tom J. Donohue 1938–2024 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Mark Donohue: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); Tom J. Donohue: Commonwealth Club from San Francisco, San Jose, United States, CC BY 2.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 79 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Donohue,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States9,005 records

9,005 records of the Donohue name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4,202
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2,407
  • Other U.S. records 2,396
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Peter F. Donohue

    Born 1914 in New York. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; clerk from Bronx County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Donohue

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 17; servant. From Carrik On Suir, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Stephen Scott Donohue

    Born 1947; from Midwest City, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 9,005 records for Donohue in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia1,043 records

1,043 records of the Donohue name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 368
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 248
  • Other Australian records 427
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Witty Donohue

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Australasia, sailing from Dublin in 1849. Native of Galway. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1854.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellen Donohue

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Iberia, aged 6; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Thomas Donohue

    Former railway employee of Malvern, Victoria; died 1926.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,043 records for Donohue in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada74 records

74 records of the Donohue name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 45
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 11
  • Other Canadian records 18
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bridget Donohue

    Died 1921 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Michael E. Donohue

    Died 1894; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Donald Thomas Donohue

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 74 records for Donohue in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Ireland74 records

74 records of the Donohue name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Paul Donohue

    Died 1996, aged 80; buried at Rakerin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Peggy Donohue

    Died 1979, aged 51; buried at Killoran, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bridget Donohue

    Died 1973, aged 89; buried at Clontuskert, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 74 records for Donohue in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

New Zealand18 records

18 records of the Donohue name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 17
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eileen Alice Erin Donohue

    Died 1977, aged 83; buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record George Laurence Donohue

    Died 1989, aged 71; buried at Picton Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patrick Donohue

    Died 1916, aged 35; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Donohue in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom6 records

6 records of the Donohue name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Donohue

    Army Service Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. V. Donohue

    Hampshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Donohue

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Donohue in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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