Doheny
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhconna (“descendant of Dubhconna”), a personal name composed by the elements dubh (“black”) + Conna, a hypocoristic form of Colmán.
Proper noun
Doheny (plural Dohenys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Doheny is the 25083rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 990 individuals. Doheny is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Doheny”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 473.