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The DONNE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 195 88461 0 1
United States (1880 census) 79 36670 0 2
Change since 1880 +116 -51791 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 81 17055 0 5
United Kingdom 366 11126 0.001 8
Top States for DONNE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Florida 25 57148 0.000 2
New Jersey 21 45586 0.000 2
Pennsylvania 21 60311 0.000 2
California 19 101506 0.000 1
Connecticut 16 28349 0.000 5
Top States for DONNE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Delaware 8 15164 0.001 10
Connecticut 16 28349 0.000 5
New Jersey 21 45586 0.000 2
Oregon 6 54938 0.000 2
Pennsylvania 21 60311 0.000 2

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DONNE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DONNE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DONNE in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DONNE by picking someone at random in Delaware than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DONNE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Wales

Language of origin: Welsh

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DONNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DONNE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DONNE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 166 85.13
Black/African American 16 8.21
White (Hispanic) 6 3.08
Asian/Pacific 5 2.56
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DONNE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DONNE in historical publications

DONNE. Izaak Walton, in his Life of Dr. Doime, says tliat "his father was masctdiuely and lineally descended from a very ancient family in AYales." The etymon is probably don, black or dark complexioned. It must not be forgotten, however, that one Donne, a tenant in chief, held land in Devon, temp. Edw. Conf. Domesd.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to DONNE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DONNE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DONNE

The following words are slight variants of DONNE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.