Donkin

English

Etymology

A variant of Duncan.

Proper noun

Donkin (countable and uncountable, plural Donkins)

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A rural village in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Donkin is the 69996^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 280 individuals. Donkin is most common among White (97.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Donkin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 479.