How common is the surname Donato?

7,823 people in the United States had the surname Donato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,466 Americans. It ranked 4,533rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Donato?

In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Donato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Donato?

Ryan Donato, American ice hockey player, followed by Edgardo Donato.

Where is the surname Donato most common?

Wikidata records people named Donato in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.

Is the surname Donato getting more or less common?

More common. 7,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,823 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Donato

An Italian surname, carried by 7,823 people in the United States.

3 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). Donato is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Donato.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,823 people named Donato in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,466 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,118.

#4,533

rank among US surnames

7,823

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,572)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,524	Unruh	7,835	39,406
#4,525	Travers	7,833	39,416
#4,526	Ascencio	7,832	39,421
#4,528	Johnsen	7,831	39,426
#4,530	Loredo	7,830	39,431
#4,531	Krug	7,827	39,446
#4,532	Samuelson	7,824	39,461

Who is named Donato

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

70% of people named Donato identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Donatos

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ryan Donato
American ice hockey player, born 1996
Edgardo Donato
Argentine composer (1897–1963)
João Donato
Brazilian musician (1934–2023)
David Donato
American singer (1954–2021)
Ted Donato
American ice hockey player and coach, born 1969

Notable Donatos come mostly from the United States (3), Argentina (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donato

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Donato come from?: Borrowed from Italian Donato.
How common is the surname Donato?: 7,823 people in the United States had the surname Donato in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,466 Americans. It ranked 4,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donato?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Donato identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Donato?: Ryan Donato, American ice hockey player, followed by Edgardo Donato.
Where is the surname Donato most common?: Wikidata records people named Donato in the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
Is the surname Donato getting more or less common?: More common. 7,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,823 in 2010, up 9.9%.