How common is the surname Donis?

2,884 people in the United States had the surname Donis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,055 Americans. It ranked 11,026th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Donis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,884 in 2010, up 58%.

The surname Donis

A Catalan surname, carried by 2,884 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donis is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

Catalan origin

Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Donís, a vernacular form of Dionysius. * Borrowed from Greek Δώνης (Dónis).

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 2,884 people named Donis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,055 Americans. That is up 58% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,825.

#11,026

rank among US surnames

2,884

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+58%

change since 2000 (was #14,877)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,021	Bourassa	2,886	106,980
#11,025	Milazzo	2,885	107,018
#11,026	Feder	2,884	107,055
#11,030	Hauge	2,883	107,092
#11,031	Chambless	2,882	107,129
#11,035	Foret	2,881	107,166

Who is named Donis

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

76% of people named Donis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76%
White (not Hispanic) 20%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donis

Donis 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 Donis come from?: Various origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Donís, a vernacular form of Dionysius. * Borrowed from Greek Δώνης (Dónis).
How common is the surname Donis?: 2,884 people in the United States had the surname Donis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,055 Americans. It ranked 11,026th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donis?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Donis identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Donis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,825 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,884 in 2010, up 58%.