How common is the surname Donat?

1,192 people in the United States had the surname Donat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Donat getting more or less common?

More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Donat also a first name?

Yes. Donat 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 Donat

A surname, carried by 1,192 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donat is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

* As a French, German, Polish, English, Slovak, and Czech surname, all from the Medieval Latin saint's name Donatus, the past participle of donare (“to give”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Dunnett.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,192 people named Donat in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,038.

#21,811

rank among US surnames

1,192

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+14.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,999)

Who is named Donat

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

86% of people named Donat identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donat

Donat has the Soundex code D530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D530.

Questions

Where does the surname Donat come from?: * As a French, German, Polish, English, Slovak, and Czech surname, all from the Medieval Latin saint's name Donatus, the past participle of donare (“to give”). * As a Scottish surname, variant of Dunnett.
How common is the surname Donat?: 1,192 people in the United States had the surname Donat in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,015 Americans. It ranked 21,811th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donat?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Donat identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Donat getting more or less common?: More common. 1,038 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,192 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Donat also a first name?: Yes. Donat 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.