The Dones surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,813 people carried this name — #6,971 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,300 people counted. That is up 28% from 3,773 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 107 people named Dones.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Ariège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 71 people named Dones 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Dones in American newspapers,
1914–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,692,775 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Dones,
with a public archive behind them.
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Erminio Dones 1887–1945 · rower -
Elvira Dones 1960– · screenwriter
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Pau Donés 1966–2020 · composer
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Albert Donés i Antequera 1972– · businessperson
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Angel Dones 1990– · judoka
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Larissa Dones 1995– · model
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dones.
- Donati 1,522 · U.S. census
- Donatien 179 · U.S. census
- Donato 7,823 · U.S. census
- Donchez 287 · U.S. census
- Donde 156 · U.S. census
- Dondelinger 166 · U.S. census
- Doney 2,743 · U.S. census
- Dong 12,466 · U.S. census
- Donias 159 · U.S. census
- Donin 104 · U.S. census
- Donini 276 · U.S. census
- Donio 118 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Dones is.
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