The Don surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,504 people carried this name — #11,523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 309 people named Don.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Vendée.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
75 people named Don have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 190 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
31 people named Don live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Don.
- Dominiak 355 · U.S. census
- Dominici 371 · U.S. census
- Dominique 2,425 · U.S. census
- Domino 2,089 · U.S. census
- Domon 181 · U.S. census
- Doms 199 · U.S. census
- Dona 815 · U.S. census
- Donabedian 298 · U.S. census
- Donadio 1,033 · U.S. census
- Donat 1,038 · U.S. census
- Donate 440 · U.S. census
- Donath 978 · U.S. census
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