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    The surname Dato

    An Italian surname, carried by 633 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D300

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dato is more common than 78.1% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

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

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 633 people named Dato in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 649.

    #35,537
    rank among US surnames
    633
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #33,206)

    Who is named Dato

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    63% of people named Dato identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
    • Two or more races 6.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dato

    Dato has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dato come from?
    Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Dato. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
    How common is the surname Dato?
    633 people in the United States had the surname Dato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 487,750 Americans. It ranked 35,537th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dato?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Dato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Dato getting more or less common?
    Less common. 649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 633 in 2010, down 2.5%.