Dator
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/deɪtɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Dator is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 38K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 2M
- CACanada≈1 in 996K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 122 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 38K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
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)
Dator 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 38K | — | Dator | 51 |
| IN India | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 4.8M | — | Dator | 1 |
| US United States | 167 | 1 in 2M | 206 | Dator | 122 |
| IT Italy | ≈39 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Dator | 2 |
| CA Canada | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 996K | — | Dator | 23 |
| AU Australia | ≈18 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Dator | 26 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Dator | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Dator | 6 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Dator is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Basque, Third-person singular (hura) present indicative form of etorri (“to come”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, Someone who gives; a giver, donor or patron
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, a computer (data processing machine)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, indebted (to)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ovd, computer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, DATÓR, -OÁRE, datori, -oare, adj. 1. Care are de plătit cuiva o datorie (bănească). ◊ Expr. Dator vândut = plin de datorii. A scoate pe cineva dator = a-i pretinde cuiva achitarea unei sume pe care nu o datorează. ♦ Îndatorat față de cineva pentru un serviciu, un sprijin etc. 2. Obligat (moralicește sau prin lege, printr-o învoială) să facă ceva.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 206 | #95,069 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 167 | #106,570 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 156 | #105,905 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Dator?
- A machine transcription gives /deɪtɐ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Dator have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Dator in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dator.
- How common is the name Dator?
- In the United States, the national register counted 167 people named Dator in 2010, about 1 in 2.0 million residents.
What do you want to know about Dator?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/datorThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Dator”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.