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
Dato Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Dato Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dato Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dato (Arabic: داتو, Georgian: დათო, Hindi: दातो, Marathi: दातो, Russian: Дато) is most common in The Philippines. It can occur as: Dató. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dato? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dato is the 42,371st most prevalent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 592,387 people. Dato is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Dato live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 33 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 44,563rd most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 15,926 people.
The surname Dato is most widely held in The Philippines, where it is held by 4,203 people, or 1 in 24,087. In The Philippines Dato is mostly found in: Bicol, where 20 percent are found, Ilocos, where 19 percent are found and National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account The Philippines it exists in 77 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 10 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Dato Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dato has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dato surname increased 8,555 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Dato Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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 with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.07% being registered with the political 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
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- 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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