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Where Does The Last Name Don Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Don (Arabic: ضون, Hindi: डोन, Marathi: डॉन, Tibetan: མགྲོན་) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Doñ. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Don? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name Don is the 9,667^th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 124,697 people. The last name Don occurs mostly in Asia, where 44 percent of Don live; 24 percent live in Southeast Asia and 13 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,055^th most frequent forename on earth, borne by 879,249 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,200 people, or 1 in 69,704. In The United States Don is mostly found in: Texas, where 11 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 163 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 8 percent live and Cambodia, where 8 percent live.

Don Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Don has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Don last name rose 1,590 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 501 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 4 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 800 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Don Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Don last name is primarily Catholic (33%) in Ireland, Orthodox (78%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Christian (97%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Don last name are 4.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.6% being registered with the political party.

The amount Don earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 54.59% less than the national average, earning €13,636 per year; in Norway they earn 63.37% more than the national average, earning 565,385 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.28% less than the national average, earning R 184,692 per year; in Vietnam they earn 25.49% more than the national average, earning 103,451,000 ₫ per year; in United States they earn 0.86% less than the national average, earning $42,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.2% more than the national average, earning $52,266 CAD per year.