# Dato (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dato/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 633 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,537 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 487,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (649 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Dato. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dato in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 20% |
| Two or more races | 6.2% |

## Similar surnames

Daoud, Datta, Date, Dodd, Dewitt, Doty, Dowd, Dowdy, Duda, Duty, Doud, Doody.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.