How common is the surname Donlan?

1,119 people in the United States had the surname Donlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,912 Americans. It ranked 22,880th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Donlan?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Donlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Donlan?

Yolande Donlan, American actress (1920-2014), followed by James Donlan.

Where is the surname Donlan most common?

Wikidata records people named Donlan in the United States.

Is the surname Donlan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,119 in 2010, down 5.6%.

The surname Donlan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,119 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donlan is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Donlon.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,119 people named Donlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 275,912 Americans. That is down 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,186.

#22,880

rank among US surnames

1,119

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,727)

Who is named Donlan

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

96% of people named Donlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Donlans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Yolande Donlan
American actress (1920-2014)
James Donlan
American actor (1888-1938)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donlan

Donlan has the Soundex code D545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D545.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Donlan come from?: Variant of Donlon.
How common is the surname Donlan?: 1,119 people in the United States had the surname Donlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 275,912 Americans. It ranked 22,880th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donlan?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Donlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Donlan?: Yolande Donlan, American actress (1920-2014), followed by James Donlan.
Where is the surname Donlan most common?: Wikidata records people named Donlan in the United States.
Is the surname Donlan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,119 in 2010, down 5.6%.