Donati surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Donati surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,522 people carried this name — #18,253 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,486 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,273 people named Donati 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 527
Santa Fe 258
City of Buenos Aires 172
Córdoba 105
Mendoza 65
Chubut 48
La Pampa 28
Neuquén 25

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 732 people named Donati.

179 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 179
Bouches-du-Rhône 123
Corsica 59
Var 56
Paris 55
Alpes-Maritimes 54
Savoie 33
Meurthe-et-Moselle 20
Moselle 14

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

535 people named Donati live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 251
Zurich 89
Vaud 34
Graubünden 30
Geneva 29
Aargau 22
Valais 18
Bern 16

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.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 33 people named Donati live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.

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

Where they live today

Limburg 14
Hainaut 13
Liège 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Donati in American newspapers,
1900–1959.

Newspaper page from Svenska Monitoren carrying the name Donati
Svenska Monitoren 1900-12-21
Newspaper page from Pokrok ZáPadu carrying the name Donati
Pokrok ZáPadu 1911-09-06
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Donati
The Milwaukee Leader 1926-09-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,562 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Donati,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Corso Donati
    Corso Donati 1201–1308 · politician
  • Forese Donati
    Forese Donati 1250–1296 · poet
  • Gemma Donati
    Gemma Donati 1266–1329
  • Piccarda
    Piccarda 1300–1275 · writer
  • Buoso Donati
    Buoso Donati 1300–1300

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 214 lives in all are documented under this name.

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