How common is the surname Donham?

1,041 people in the United States had the surname Donham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. It ranked 24,159th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Donham?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Donham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Donham getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,041 in 2010, down 12%.

The surname Donham

A surname, carried by 1,041 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donham is more common than 85.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Dunham.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,041 people named Donham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#24,159

rank among US surnames

1,041

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-12%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Who is named Donham

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

95% of people named Donham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donham

Donham has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Questions

Where does the surname Donham come from?: Variant of Dunham.
How common is the surname Donham?: 1,041 people in the United States had the surname Donham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,586 Americans. It ranked 24,159th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donham?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Donham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Donham getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,041 in 2010, down 12%.