Donskoi

surname · Latin script

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

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

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

rarermore common
  • RURussia≈1 in 33Kas Донской(inferred from the name graph)
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 102Kas Донський
  • FIFinland1 in 124K

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 Donskoi 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.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,300 named Донской, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
134 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 124K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ДонскойCyrillic(measured from records)
DonskojLatin(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Донской in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, BY Belarus and 1 more, Донський in UA Ukraine and Donskoj in MD Moldova.

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 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Donskoi 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 Donskoi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia≈4,300 est.≈1 in 33K—Донской134
UA Ukraine≈430 est.≈1 in 102K—Донський17
UZ Uzbekistan≈400 est.≈1 in 76K—Донской3
KZ Kazakhstan≈140 est.≈1 in 140K99Донской30
BY Belarus≈130 est.≈1 in 76K—Донской11
MD Moldova≈97 est.≈1 in 35K—Donskoj2
FI Finland451 in 124K45—2

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: 2021 National Population Census — popular surnames of Russians, by region of residence; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)

Donskoi is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Donskõi, Donskoy

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Donskoï, Donskoĭ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written დონსკოი

14 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)

12001400160018002000Dmitry Donskoy, b. 1350Boris Donskoy, b. 1894Mark Donskoy, b. 1901Yelena Donskaya, b. 1915Mikhail Donskoy, b. 1948Sergei Donskoi, b. 1968Alexander Donskoy, b. 1970Evgeny Donskoy, b. 1990Daniel Donskoy, b. 1990Joonas Donskoi, b. 1992
  • Dmitry Donskoyb. 1350RUnot in their usual namePrince of Moscow
  • Boris Donskoyb. 1894UAnot in their usual nameRussian revolutionary (1894–1918)
  • Mark Donskoyb. 1901UAnot in their usual nameSoviet film director and screenwriter (1901–1981)
  • Yelena Donskayab. 1915RUnot in their usual nameRussian sportsperson (1915-2016)
  • Mikhail Donskoyb. 1948RUnot in their usual nameRussian computer scientist (1948–2009)
  • Sergei Donskoib. 1968RURussian politician
  • Alexander Donskoyb. 1970RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician
  • Evgeny Donskoyb. 1990RUnot in their usual nameRussian tennis player (born 1990)
  • Daniel Donskoyb. 1990DEnot in their usual nameGerman actor, director, theater producer and musician
  • Joonas Donskoib. 1992FIFinnish ice hockey player

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 Donskoi,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Donskoi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—45#24,798
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—21—

Reference works 2

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

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 Donskoi?
A machine transcription gives /dənskɔɪ/ (IPA) for Ukrainian.
In which country does Donskoi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.3 thousand people named Донской in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Donskoi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Donskoi is densest in Finland — about 1 in 124 thousand people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Donskoi?
In Finland, the national register counted 45 people named Donskoi, about 1 in 124 thousand 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, “Donskoi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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