Donkley Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Donkley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donkley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Donkley Last Name Facts

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

Donkley is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Donkley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Donkley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Donkley live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Donkley is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Donkley is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 100 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 25 percent reside and England, where 25 percent reside.

Donkley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Donkley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donkley surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dounkley930/
Donckley930/
Donkle92149/
Dunkley8617,503/
Donkles864/
Donklay863/
Dankley863/
Dunckley80713/
Donkelly802/
Dunkleey801/
Donckles801/
Doncklee800/
Dunkleys800/
Dunkle774,683/
Dunkly7759/
Dankle7747/
Donkla771/
Doncle770/
Doncly770/
Dankly770/
Dunkelley750/
Dunklee71530/
Donklai71103/
Dunckle7141/
Donkloi718/
Duncley715/
Dancley715/
Dunkles714/
Doonkla713/
Dunkloy711/
Dunkleu711/
Dumkley711/
Dankles711/
Danklee711/
Domkhle711/
Dunckly711/
Donklou711/
Dunklie710/
Duncklee67254/
Dunkelly6746/
Doncelle6729/
Dunkless6711/
Danckler679/
Dunckler673/
Dankelle671/
Dongklad671/
Duongkla671/
Dunckles670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Donkley
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