Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Look up another surname
The doner Surname

doner Name Meaning and History

  1. German (Döner): occupational name for a musician, from an agent derivative of Middle High German dœnen ‘to sing or play’.
  2. Altered spelling of German Döhner (see Dohner).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The doner name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the doner family name as far back in history as possible.

doner Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add doner family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of doner Families in the US in 1920
Number of doner families
 27-52
 10-26		 1-9
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view doner census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for doner records.
  • You can see how doner families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search doner census records.

More resources for your doner family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources