Donstan Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Donstan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donstan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Donstan (44) may also be a first name.

Donstan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donstan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Donstan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Donstan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donstan is the 5,812,366th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name Donstan is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Donstan reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 44 people.

Donstan is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Donstan is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 67 percent live and Rivers, where 33 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunstan8614,360/
Danstan861,610/
Donston86185/
Domstan860/
Dunstane8030/
Dunstand807/
Dansttan804/
Danstand804/
Dunstant803/
Dunstain803/
Dunnstan802/
Domstand801/
Danstant801/
Dunstean800/
D'Dunstan751/
Dunston715,023/
Danston7127/
D'Anstaing7120/
Dumstan715/
Dunjtan711/
Domston710/
Dunstone671,536/
Danstone6763/
Domstein6726/
Dunnston672/
Dusnston671/
Danshtein631/
Dunstonne631/
Dumstam572/
Dumstein530/
Dunstheim501/

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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 Donstan
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