Donek

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A breed of fancy pigeon

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 13M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 16M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

34 people, 2026

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Dönek in DE Germany, TR Türkiye.

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(measured from records)

A breed of fancy pigeon.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donek 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 Donek is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland341 in 1.1M17—1
US United States≈20 est.≈1 in 16M—Donek23
TR Türkiye≈6 est.≈1 in 13M—Dönek3
DE Germany———Dönek11

34 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

Donek is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Czech surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Poland

    Languages: Czech, Polish

    Also written Doněk, Donĕk

  • Spanish name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Dönek, Donĕk

  • Turkish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Dönek

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dönek, Doněk

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Донек, Dönek

12 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 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Donek
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202617—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202617—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—17#98,040
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—17#97,884

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Donek mean, and where does it come from?
A breed of fancy pigeon. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Donek have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 34 people named Donek, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Donek most common?
Donek is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 million people carrying it.
How common is the name Donek?
In Poland, the national register counted 34 people named Donek in 2026, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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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, “Donek”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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