How common is the surname Donna?

618 people in the United States had the surname Donna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 499,588 Americans. It ranked 36,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Donna?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Donna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Donna?

Donna is /ˈdɑnə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Donna getting more or less common?

Less common. 634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 618 in 2010, down 2.5%.

Is Donna also a first name?

Yes. Donna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Donna

An Italian surname, carried by 618 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdɑnə/ 2 syllables Soundex D500 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Donna is more common than 77.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.

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 618 people named Donna in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 499,588 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 634.

#36,246

rank among US surnames

618

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-2.5%

change since 2000 (was #33,876)

Who is named Donna

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

82% of people named Donna identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Donna

Donna has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Donna come from?: A 19th-century invention from the Italian noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald.
How common is the surname Donna?: 618 people in the United States had the surname Donna in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 499,588 Americans. It ranked 36,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Donna?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Donna identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Donna?: Donna is /ˈdɑnə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Donna getting more or less common?: Less common. 634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 618 in 2010, down 2.5%.
Is Donna also a first name?: Yes. Donna is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.