# Don (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/don/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,076 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 148,721 people |
| Change since 2000 | -17.1% (2,504 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dɑn/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Dunn. * Also as an English and Scottish surname, from Dun, a place in Scotland. * As an Italian surname, variant of Dono, shortened from dono di Dio (“gift of God”). * As a Galician surname, from a nickname derived from don (“kindness, favor”). * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Donát, Donath. * As a French surname of Germanic origin, from the old name Dodo, related to Dodier, from the name Dodhari, the first element a reduplicated word of arbitrary origin and the second from *hari (“army”). * Also as a French surname, from the place Don in Nord. * As a Jewish surname, from a variant of Dan. * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 曾, see Zeng. * As a Vietnamese surname Đôn, possibly from Chinese 敦, see Dun.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Don 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 23% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 18% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Downey, Doan, Dion, Dionne, Doane, Downie, Doney, Donaghy, Down, Done, Donn, Donna.

## 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.