Donenfeld

surname · Latin script

/dənɪnfɛɫd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.4M(measured from records)
  • BMBermuda≈1 in 52K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 581K

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 Donenfeld 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.

Romania (inferred from the name graph)

≈830 named דוננפלד, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
144 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 52K (inferred from the name graph)

Bermuda, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DonenfeldLatin(measured from records)
דוננפלדHebrew(measured from records)

Locally spelled דוננפלד in IL Israel, RO Romania, LB Lebanon.

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.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donenfeld 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 Donenfeld is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RO Romania—≈830 est.≈1 in 26K—דוננפלד2
US United States—1401 in 2.4M140Donenfeld144
IL Israel—120as דוננפלד1 in 72K120דוננפלד20
LB Lebanon—≈120 est.≈1 in 47K—דוננפלד1
CA Canada—≈18 est.≈1 in 2.1M—Donenfeld11
JM Jamaica—≈5 est.≈1 in 581K—Donenfeld1
BM Bermuda—≈1 est.≈1 in 52K—Donenfeld1
AI Anguilla#754———Donenfeld2

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; CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"). 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)

Donenfeld is also recorded as another name, 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, United States, Russia

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Доненфельд

31 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18501900195020002050Harry Donenfeld, b. 1893Friedrich Donenfeld, b. 1912Juliet Donenfeld, b. 2009

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Donenfeld,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Donenfeld
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020140#127,742
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010140#123,064
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000134#119,644
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • 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

How do you pronounce Donenfeld?
A machine transcription gives /dənɪnfɛɫd/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Donenfeld have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 827 people named דוננפלד in Romania, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Donenfeld?
In the United States, the national register counted 140 people named Donenfeld in 2010, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.
How common is Donenfeld compared with other names?
In Anguilla, Donenfeld is the 754th most common surname of 7,424 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, “Donenfeld” — the 754th most common surname in Anguilla. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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