Doonan
English edit
Etymology edit
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnáin (“descendant of Dúnán”), a hypocoristic form of an unknown name beginning with the element dun (“fortress”).
Proper noun edit
Doonan (plural Doonans)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Doonan is the 24186th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1039 individuals. Doonan is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doonan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 480.