Don Forename
1,055th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 879,249 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada
Don Forename Definition:
A contraction and pet-form, as is Donnie, of Donald.
Don Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 540,421 | 1:671 | 127 |
| Canada | 100% | 103,681 | 1:320 | 32 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 20,674 | 1:1,006 | 184 |
| Australia | - | 19,444 | 1:702 | 157 |
| Laos | - | 18,016 | 1:366 | 166 |
| Vietnam | 66% | 16,468 | 1:5,624 | 345 |
| Philippines | 99% | 13,038 | 1:8,131 | 1,170 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,985 | 1:454 | 99 |
| Ghana | 50% | 9,776 | 1:2,760 | 428 |
| Congo | 95% | 9,683 | 1:517 | 78 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 9,354 | 1:7,893 | 871 |
| England | 100% | 8,032 | 1:6,923 | 634 |
| Thailand | 96% | 5,939 | 1:11,798 | 1,850 |
| Burundi | - | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| India | 92% | 5,021 | 1:241,959 | 23,902 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 3,574 | 1:44,617 | 3,971 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,532 | 1:50,273 | 3,667 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,526 | 1:4,794 | 748 |
| Egypt | 83% | 3,297 | 1:27,874 | 1,920 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,142 | 1:3,619 | 702 |
| Cambodia | 78% | 3,030 | 1:5,371 | 844 |
| Angola | - | 2,969 | 1:9,083 | 1,103 |
| South Africa | 94% | 2,781 | 1:19,609 | 2,745 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,756 | 1:93,601 | 10,639 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| Kenya | - | 2,506 | 1:18,478 | 1,872 |
| Russia | 98% | 2,468 | 1:58,442 | 1,314 |
| Morocco | - | 2,457 | 1:13,980 | 990 |
| Poland | 98% | 2,120 | 1:17,937 | 673 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,982 | 1:15,546 | 2,113 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,734 | 1:9,869 | 1,106 |
| Ivory Coast | 77% | 1,707 | 1:13,518 | 1,355 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93% | 1,686 | 1:4,835 | 519 |
| Italy | 96% | 1,517 | 1:40,252 | 1,225 |
| Togo | - | 1,483 | 1:4,881 | 807 |
| Libya | - | 1,469 | 1:4,235 | 678 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 925 | 1:105,470 | 7,385 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 912 | 1:33,757 | 1,746 |
| Scotland | 98% | 814 | 1:6,573 | 550 |
| Malaysia | 82% | 752 | 1:40,492 | 3,497 |
| Mexico | 93% | 697 | 1:178,113 | 3,391 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 673 | 1:2,023 | 400 |
| Germany | 100% | 650 | 1:148,735 | 2,651 |
| France | 100% | 624 | 1:106,523 | 2,293 |
| Haiti | 100% | 601 | 1:17,849 | 1,546 |
| Zambia | - | 600 | 1:26,425 | 2,075 |
| Singapore | 96% | 554 | 1:11,348 | 2,349 |
| China | - | 539 | 1:2,534,426 | 46,152 |
| Bahamas | - | 523 | 1:764 | 192 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 507 | 1:20,574 | 1,916 |
| Brazil | 100% | 463 | 1:462,713 | 15,608 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 417 | 1:42,558 | 1,864 |
| Burkina Faso | 62% | 327 | 1:56,206 | 3,683 |
| Gabon | - | 321 | 1:5,867 | 1,120 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 307 | 1:23,296 | 2,331 |
| Suriname | - | 296 | 1:1,868 | 441 |
| Oman | - | 294 | 1:13,975 | 1,394 |
| Japan | - | 286 | 1:447,504 | 10,458 |
| Algeria | - | 285 | 1:133,953 | 2,705 |
| Wales | 100% | 284 | 1:10,895 | 847 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 281 | 1:54,889 | 4,650 |
| Portugal | - | 267 | 1:38,992 | 1,469 |
| Uganda | 98% | 264 | 1:155,140 | 5,966 |
| Ireland | 100% | 253 | 1:18,354 | 960 |
| Jamaica | - | 251 | 1:11,487 | 1,230 |
| South Korea | - | 244 | 1:22,723 | 2,075 |
| Vanuatu | - | 239 | 1:1,095 | 315 |
| Hong Kong | - | 237 | 1:32,712 | 2,389 |
| Israel | 74% | 237 | 1:35,455 | 2,570 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 233 | 1:226,559 | 8,951 |
| Sweden | 99% | 214 | 1:46,065 | 2,486 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 207 | 1:8,904 | 730 |
| Guatemala | - | 205 | 1:78,578 | 2,005 |
| Barbados | - | 191 | 1:1,517 | 353 |
| Spain | - | 165 | 1:282,000 | 4,823 |
| Guyana | 100% | 160 | 1:4,770 | 874 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 152 | 1:54,036 | 2,291 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 152 | 1:55,098 | 2,255 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Guam | - | 140 | 1:1,147 | 256 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 139 | 1:4,180 | 562 |
| Benin | 100% | 137 | 1:77,196 | 5,246 |
| Iraq | - | 130 | 1:269,368 | 4,024 |
| Qatar | 100% | 123 | 1:19,265 | 2,894 |
| Belgium | 100% | 121 | 1:94,959 | 3,357 |
| Belarus | 100% | 114 | 1:83,179 | 895 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 97 | 1:245,048 | 19,809 |
| Denmark | - | 94 | 1:60,101 | 2,136 |
| Liberia | 97% | 91 | 1:48,484 | 2,592 |
| Armenia | 86% | 83 | 1:35,166 | 1,552 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| Norway | 100% | 77 | 1:66,654 | 2,503 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 77 | 1:392,232 | 11,391 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Pakistan | 65% | 74 | 1:2,626,455 | 32,334 |
| Micronesia | - | 67 | 1:1,590 | 251 |
| Bermuda | - | 66 | 1:982 | 213 |
| Grenada | 92% | 63 | 1:1,716 | 364 |
| Chile | 61% | 60 | 1:293,453 | 4,518 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 54 | 1:178,573 | 6,047 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Panama | 100% | 53 | 1:73,709 | 4,144 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 52 | 1:1,179 | 269 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Saint Lucia | 86% | 49 | 1:3,629 | 637 |
| Malta | - | 45 | 1:9,541 | 977 |
| Argentina | 93% | 43 | 1:994,727 | 5,195 |
| American Samoa | - | 40 | 1:1,396 | 189 |
| Ukraine | 96% | 39 | 1:1,166,664 | 3,672 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 38 | 1:858,514 | 11,307 |
| Georgia | 100% | 38 | 1:98,381 | 3,625 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 38 | 1:1,439 | 300 |
| Ecuador | - | 37 | 1:479,106 | 5,243 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 36 | 1:165,924 | 8,783 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 35 | 1:3,136 | 577 |
| Finland | 92% | 33 | 1:166,157 | 3,083 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32 | 1:275,546 | 5,509 |
| Senegal | 100% | 32 | 1:455,667 | 6,183 |
| Colombia | 67% | 31 | 1:1,541,256 | 14,557 |
| Tunisia | - | 31 | 1:21,836 | 1,580 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 30 | 1:720,350 | 20,904 |
| Austria | 100% | 28 | 1:304,079 | 3,613 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 27 | 1:4,133 | 749 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Lebanon | 74% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 21 | 1:227,045 | 4,936 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 21 | 1:117,084 | 3,073 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 20 | 1:177,515 | 2,440 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:2,846 | 424 |
| Namibia | - | 18 | 1:133,566 | 4,823 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Moldova | - | 17 | 1:209,479 | 1,879 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Guernsey | - | 16 | 1:3,958 | 490 |
| Jersey | 100% | 16 | 1:6,249 | 672 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Romania | - | 15 | 1:1,336,798 | 22,295 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Kosovo | - | 12 | 1:155,120 | 6,935 |
| Albania | 100% | 10 | 1:304,657 | 13,389 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Jordan | 95% | 8 | 1:1,103,347 | 5,616 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 7 | 1:503,494 | 4,832 |
| Maldives | 50% | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Dominica | - | 6 | 1:12,578 | 436 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Nauru | 100% | 6 | 1:1,988 | 259 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Syria | - | 6 | 1:3,217,679 | 5,023 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 6 | 1:79,273 | 1,016 |
| Uruguay | - | 6 | 1:571,273 | 6,582 |
| Bulgaria | - | 5 | 1:1,398,078 | 12,856 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Hungary | 100% | 5 | 1:1,958,354 | 4,174 |
| San Marino | - | 5 | 1:6,584 | 471 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Niger | - | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,327,516 | 4,597 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Iran | - | 3 | 1:26,165,623 | 45,792 |
| Monaco | - | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nicaragua | - | 3 | 1:2,006,112 | 19,543 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montenegro | - | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Dón (2) & Dôn (2) are calculated separately.
Don (58,442) may also be a surname.
Don Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A contraction and pet-form, as is Donnie, of Donald.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Master. Also given by some authorities as the diminutive of Donald.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Don Forename Popularity
Don Demographics
Don Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 101,147 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Don Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Don in the Russian language | ||
| Дон | don | - |
Search for Another Forename
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Don