Dato Surname
Approximately 12,302 people bear this surname
Dato Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4,203 | 1:24,087 | 3,188 |
| Pakistan | 1,202 | 1:148,622 | 4,056 |
| Indonesia | 1,128 | 1:117,242 | 11,861 |
| Italy | 972 | 1:62,918 | 11,244 |
| United States | 941 | 1:385,185 | 33,941 |
| Malaysia | 550 | 1:53,626 | 4,155 |
| Spain | 523 | 1:89,392 | 7,524 |
| Argentina | 488 | 1:87,589 | 7,382 |
| Benin | 412 | 1:25,086 | 3,353 |
| Thailand | 271 | 1:260,658 | 44,419 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Brazil | 169 | 1:1,266,712 | 43,490 |
| India | 146 | 1:5,253,872 | 129,394 |
| France | 126 | 1:527,164 | 72,630 |
| Djibouti | 125 | 1:7,319 | 508 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| Solomon Islands | 76 | 1:7,632 | 1,216 |
| Brunei | 53 | 1:7,901 | 1,015 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Russia | 49 | 1:2,941,287 | 160,625 |
| Georgia | 35 | 1:107,016 | 9,047 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Venezuela | 22 | 1:1,372,913 | 18,810 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 1:478,007 | 4,148 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Dató (1) are calculated separately.
Dato (15,926) may also be a first name.
Dato Demographics
Average Dato Salary in
United States
$48,913 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dato Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dato (Arabic: داتو, Georgian: დათო, Hindi: दातो, Marathi: दातो, Russian: Дато) is most common in The Philippines. It may also be found as a variant: Dató. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dato? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 42,371st most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 592,387 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 62 percent of Dato reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 33 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. Dato is also the 44,563rd most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 15,926 people.
The last name Dato is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 4,203 people, or 1 in 24,087. In The Philippines Dato is most frequent in: Bicol, where 20 percent are found, Ilocos, where 19 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Not including The Philippines this last name exists in 77 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Dato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dato has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dato surname rose 8,555 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dato Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Dato surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Georgia and Orthodox (75%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Dato last name are 3.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.07% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Dato earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 36.8% more than the national average, earning €41,081 per year; in South Africa they earn 63.74% less than the national average, earning R 86,172 per year; in United States they earn 13.36% more than the national average, earning $48,913 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.24% more than the national average, earning $55,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dato Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dato in the Marathi language | ||
| दातो | dato | - |
| Dato in the Georgian language | ||
| დათო | dato | 99.97 |
| დატო | dato | 0.03 |
| Dato in the Hindi language | ||
| दातो | dato | 77.78 |
| दतो | dato | 16.67 |
| डातो | dato | 5.56 |
| Dato in the Russian language | ||
| Дато | dato | - |
| Dato in the Arabic language | ||
| داتو | datw | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Dato
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