The surname Donalson
A surname, carried by 1,043 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex D542
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,043 people named Donalson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,005.
#24,124
rank among US surnames
1,043
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+3.8%
change since 2000 (was #23,547)
Who is named Donalson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
60% of people named Donalson identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 60%
- Black (not Hispanic) 35%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Donalson has the Soundex code D542, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D542.
Questions
- How common is the surname Donalson?
- 1,043 people in the United States had the surname Donalson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,017 Americans. It ranked 24,124th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Donalson?
- In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Donalson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Donalson getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,043 in 2010, up 3.8%.