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The Dona surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 807 people carried this name — #29,309 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is down 1% from 815 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Dona surname

From the proper name Donato.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Donà» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 933 people named Dona live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 288
Mendoza 139
San Juan 133
Santa Fe 107
Córdoba 70
Tucumán 52
City of Buenos Aires 45
Misiones 40

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Dona.

55 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 55
Moselle 7
Bouches-du-Rhône 6
Hauts-de-Seine 6
Saône-et-Loire 4
Haut-Rhin 4
Seine-Maritime 3
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Nord 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Dona live in Switzerland.

They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Ticino 11
Vaud 7
Zurich 7
Aargau 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Dona,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolae Dona
    Nicolae Dona 1833–1916 · military personnel
  • Zoica Dona
    Zoica Dona 1908– · jurist
  • Paolo Dona 1614–1685
  • Pietro Dona 1652–
  • Giovanni Dona 1691–1766
  • Anthonie Franciscus Dona 1802–1877 · painter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Dona.

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