Donch

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Donch is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.1Mas Doench(measured from records)
  • SSSouth Sudan≈1 in 34K
  • DEGermany≈1 in 496K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Donch itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 named Doench, est.

Sources
103 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)

South Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DoenchLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Doench in US United States, GB United Kingdom, BO Bolivia and 2 more and Dönch in DE Germany.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donch counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Donch is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 726K—Doench1
SS South Sudan#931≈310 est.≈1 in 34K—Donch1
DE Germany—≈160 est.≈1 in 496K—Dönch32
US United States—160as Doench1 in 2.1M172Doench103
GB United Kingdom—≈32 est.≈1 in 2M—Doench4
BO Bolivia—≈13 est.≈1 in 914K—Doench1
IE Ireland—≈4 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Doench1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Donch is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Донч

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dönch

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Dönch

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dönch

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Donch have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Doench in China, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Donch?
In the United States, the national register counted 160 people named Doench in 2010, about 1 in 2.1 million residents.
How common is Donch compared with other names?
In South Sudan, Donch is the 931st most common surname of 3,406 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Donch” — the 931st most common surname in South Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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