Doonan

English

Etymology

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

Doonan (plural Doonans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doonan is the 24186^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1039 individuals. Doonan is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doonan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 480.

Anagrams

• anodon, nandoo