# Donath (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/donath/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,035 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,237 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 298,305 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (978 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Donat. * As a Hungarian surname Donáth, variant of Donát, see Donat.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Donath 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Donath in the United States, Hungary and Austria.

## People named Donath

- Helen Donath, American soprano
- Ferenc Donáth, artistic gymnast
- Ludwig Donath, actor (1900-1967)

## Similar surnames

Donato, Donati, Dant, Donat, Donadio, Dent, Deanda, Damato, Dinwiddie, Demuth, Dendy, Dennett.

## 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.