# Davids (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name David.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,380 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,916 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 129,725 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (2,396 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Davids 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Davids in Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the United Kingdom.

## People named Davids

- Sharice Davids, American attorney and politician
- Caroline Rhys Davids, British academic (1857–1942)

## Similar surnames

Davidson.

## 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.