Donnaldson Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Donnaldson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donnaldson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States801:627,73441,746

Donnaldson Last Name Facts

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

Donnaldson is found most in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donnaldson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most common surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Donnaldson live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 50 percent are found and Georgia, where 50 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 20 percent are found.

Donnaldson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Donnaldson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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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  • 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 Donnaldson
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