Donaway Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Donaway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donaway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6021:602,09149,009
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England41:13,929,515290,718
Wales41:773,63329,106
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1791:280,55122,627

Donaway (10) may also be a first name.

Donaway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Donaway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Donaway is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donaway? popularity and diffusion

Donaway is the 523,789th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Donaway are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Donaway is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 602,091. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 20 percent are found, Delaware, where 13 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Donaway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donaway has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Donaway surname expanded 336 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donaway Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Donaway last name are 23.03% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.8% registered to vote for the political party.

Donaway earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.72% less than the national average, earning $41,544 USD per year.

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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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  • 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 Donaway
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