Surname Checker / Donaldson
How Common Is the Last Name Donaldson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Donaldson today
40,478
Ranked #950 of 162,254 published surnames · 12.39 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 36,558 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.06%
Black
22.12%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Hispanic
2.54%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.