Donnan

See also: donnan and donnán

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)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A ghost town in Fayette County, Iowa, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Donnan is the 28131^st 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.