How common is the surname Davey?

9,071 people in the United States had the surname Davey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,037 Americans. It ranked 3,918th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Davey?

Ditch Davey, Australian actor, followed by Martin L. Davey.

Where is the surname Davey most common?

Wikidata records people named Davey in Australia and the United States.

How do you pronounce Davey?

Davey is /ˈdeɪvi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Davey getting more or less common?

More common. 8,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,071 in 2010, up 2.9%.

Is Davey also a first name?

Yes. Davey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Davey

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,071 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdeɪvi/ 2 syllables Soundex D100 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Davey is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.

Davey is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,071 people named Davey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,037 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,816.

#3,918

rank among US surnames

9,071

people in 2010

3.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,696)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,913	Glasgow	9,078	34,010
#3,914	Register	9,075	34,022
#3,917	Kovacs	9,072	34,033
#3,918	Davey	9,071	34,037
#3,919	Redden	9,067	34,052

Who is named Davey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

90% of people named Davey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daveys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ditch Davey
Australian actor, born 1975
Martin L. Davey
American politician (1884-1946)
Bruce Davey
Australian film producer, born 1950

Notable Daveys come mostly from Australia (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Davey

Davey has the Soundex code D100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D100.

Questions

How common is the surname Davey?: 9,071 people in the United States had the surname Davey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,037 Americans. It ranked 3,918th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Davey?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Davey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Davey?: Ditch Davey, Australian actor, followed by Martin L. Davey.
Where is the surname Davey most common?: Wikidata records people named Davey in Australia and the United States.
How do you pronounce Davey?: Davey is /ˈdeɪvi/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Davey?: Davey is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Davey getting more or less common?: More common. 8,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,071 in 2010, up 2.9%.
What are other spellings of Davey?: Davie and Davy.
Is Davey also a first name?: Yes. Davey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.