Donnan
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Donnáin (“descendant of Donnán”), a personal name which derives from donn (“brown, brown-haired”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).
Proper noun
Donnan (countable and uncountable, plural Donnans)
- A surname from Irish.
- A ghost town in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Donnan is the 28131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Donnan is most common among White (94.24%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Donnan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.