How common is the surname Don?

2,076 people in the United States had the surname Don in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. It ranked 14,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Don?

In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Don identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Don getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,076 in 2010, down 17%.

Is Don also a first name?

Yes. Don is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Don

A place surname, carried by 2,076 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dɑn/ 1 syllable Soundex D500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Don is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Don is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,076 people named Don in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,504.

#14,398

rank among US surnames

2,076

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-17.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,523)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,392	Pelt	2,077	148,650
#14,398	Hucks	2,076	148,721
#14,405	Jared	2,075	148,793

Who is named Don

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

49% of people named Don identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23%
Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Don

Don has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Questions

Where does the surname Don come from?: * 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…
How common is the surname Don?: 2,076 people in the United States had the surname Don in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. It ranked 14,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Don?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Don identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Don?: Don is /dɑn/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Don?: Don is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Don getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,076 in 2010, down 17%.
Is Don also a first name?: Yes. Don is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.