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

Donets (Arabic: دونيتس, Georgian: დონეც, Russian: Донец) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

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

The surname Donets is the 37,349^th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 516,994 people. The last name Donets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Donets reside; 85 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 84 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

The surname Donets is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 8,244 people, or 1 in 5,522. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 13 percent reside, Kiev, where 9 percent reside and Kharkiv Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Other than Ukraine this last name exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 36 percent reside and Belarus, where 1 percent reside.

Donets Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (75%) in Belarus and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Donets last name are 16.61% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 63.38% being registered with the political party.

The amount Donets earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.86% more than the national average, earning $44,382 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.27% less than the national average, earning $47,560 CAD per year.