Last Name DONALDSON

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Meaning The son of Donald. The Scotch patronymic is Macdonald, but in the Lowlands and on the Border the more English form was Donalds and Donaldson.
The son of Donald.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Maori, Zimbabwean

Rank 897 (2000 US census) 786 (1990 US census)
Count 35,387 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 74.7%, or 26434 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 21.23%, or 7513 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.42%, or 149 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.44%, or 156 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.66%, or 587 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.55%, or 548 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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