Donkin
English
Etymology
A variant of Duncan.
Proper noun
Donkin (countable and uncountable, plural Donkins)
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A rural village in Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Donkin is the 69996th 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.