Donker Surname

95,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,958 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Aruba

Donker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,6801:4,589464
United States4811:753,55358,836
Germany1711:470,79241,127
South Africa1391:389,76834,651
Canada1171:314,92028,951
Australia881:306,76926,711
England831:671,30238,633
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Aruba281:3,696529
Curaçao191:8,276277
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
France171:3,907,219231,005
Belgium171:676,27358,718
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Donker (50) may also be a first name.

Donker Last Name Facts

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

Donker (Tibetan: སྒྲོན་དཀར།) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Donker.

How Common Is The Last Name Donker? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 95,960th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,469,856 people. The last name Donker occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Donker live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 78 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 50 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 3,680 people, or 1 in 4,589. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: South Holland, where 21 percent live, North Holland, where 19 percent live and Friesland, where 10 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it is found in 41 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.

Donker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Donker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Donker last name grew 776 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,038 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Donker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Donker surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

The amount Donker earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 24.4% more than the national average, earning R 295,632 per year; in United States they earn 1.24% less than the national average, earning $42,614 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.95% more than the national average, earning $59,096 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doncker92118/
Dongker9290/
Donkerd9222/
Donkere929/
Dounker922/
Donkert922/
Donkier922/
Dohnker921/
Donkher920/
Donckier8627/
Dongkerd862/
Dongkere861/
Dunker838,419/
Danker833,851/
Dünker83284/
Doncer83190/
Donkir832/
Domker832/
Doungkerd8026/
Duncker771,922/
Duinker77429/
Dancker77308/
Dhanker77110/
Dankier7715/
Dankher779/
Dunåker777/
Danåker777/
Dunnker776/
Dankere776/
Doncher776/
Dongkir774/
Dunkere774/
Dünkher774/
Dunkier773/
Donkire772/
Donkjær771/
Dungker771/
Düncker771/
Doumker771/
Donquer771/
Dannker771/
Deunker771/
Dhunker771/
Dankerd771/
Dankear770/
Dangker770/
Dhankher71148/
Duijnker7184/
Dangkerd716/
Danckier716/
Dunckert713/
Dungkerd712/
Dooncher711/
Dangkert711/
Dancer675,410/
Dankir67229/
Dunkir67150/
Doncre6728/
Dumker6727/
Doungkird675/
Daungkerd674/
Dunkerová674/
Duncer672/
Dankerová672/
Dunkjr672/
Danckeart671/
Dankre671/

Donker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Donker in the Tibetan language
སྒྲོན་དཀར།drönkar-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Donker
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