Donison Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Donison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2971:124,05912,985
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
Bosnia and Herzegovina71:505,20013,972
England61:9,286,343223,652
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

Donison (95) may also be a first name.

Donison Last Name Facts

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

Donison is carried by more people in Canada than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donison? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donison is the 695,980th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,187,608 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Donison live; 91 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 95 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Canada, where it is carried by 297 people, or 1 in 124,059. In Canada it is primarily found in: Alberta, where 36 percent live, Ontario, where 33 percent live and British Columbia, where 24 percent live. Other than Canada this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 2 percent live.

Donison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donison has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 331 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 65 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donison Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Donison are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Donison earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.88% less than the national average, earning $40,613 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.27% less than the national average, earning $47,064 CAD 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 Donison
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