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    The surname Dones

    A Catalan surname, carried by 4,813 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D520

    Dones: #6,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dones #6,971, 4,813 people Dones: #6,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dones #6,971, 4,813 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dones is more common than 95.7% of them.

    Origin

    Catalan origin

    Borrowed from Catalan Dones.

    One of 39 Catalan surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,813 people named Dones in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,148 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,773.

    #6,971
    rank among US surnames
    4,813
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +27.6%
    change since 2000 (was #8,096)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,965Sigala4,81764,095
    #6,968Peach4,81564,122
    #6,969Neighbors4,81464,135
    #6,971Dones4,81364,148
    #6,973McComas4,81264,162
    #6,974Sand4,81064,188
    #6,976Pettway4,80764,228

    Who is named Dones

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

    37% of people named Dones identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37%
    • White (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Doness

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Elvira Dones
      Albanian writer, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dones

    Dones has the Soundex code D520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D520.

    Other Catalan surnames

    All 39 Catalan surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dones come from?
    Borrowed from Catalan Dones.
    How common is the surname Dones?
    4,813 people in the United States had the surname Dones in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,148 Americans. It ranked 6,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dones?
    In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Dones identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dones?
    Elvira Dones, Albanian writer.
    Where is the surname Dones most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dones in Albania.
    Is the surname Dones getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,813 in 2010, up 28%.