# Dave (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dave/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Gujarati from Gujarati દવે (dave, “(one who has studied) two Vedas”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Gujarati |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,218 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,504 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (4,016 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /deɪv/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dave in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 72% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dave in the United States and Belgium.

## People named Dave

- Dave Dave, American artist and burn survivor (1976-2018)
- Victor Dave, Belgian anarchist (1845-1922)

## Similar surnames

Dove, Davey, Davy, Davie, Davi, Duffy, Duff, Dube, Duffey, Diep, Devoe, Depew.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.