How common is the surname Davids?

2,380 people in the United States had the surname Davids in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,725 Americans. It ranked 12,916th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Davids?

Sharice Davids, American attorney and politician, followed by Caroline Rhys Davids.

Where is the surname Davids most common?

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

Is the surname Davids getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,380 in 2010, down 0.7%.

Is Davids also a first name?

Yes. Davids 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 Davids

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,380 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Davids is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

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

Davids 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 2,380 people named Davids in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,725 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,396.

#12,916

rank among US surnames

2,380

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,958)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,914	Bartsch	2,381	129,671
#12,916	Davids	2,380	129,725
#12,921	Godbey	2,379	129,780

Who is named Davids

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

78% of people named Davids identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Davidss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sharice Davids
American attorney and politician, born 1980
Caroline Rhys Davids
British academic (1857–1942)

Notable Davidss come mostly from Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Davids

Davidson

Davids has the Soundex code D132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D132.

Questions

How common is the surname Davids?: 2,380 people in the United States had the surname Davids in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,725 Americans. It ranked 12,916th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Davids?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Davids identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Davids?: Sharice Davids, American attorney and politician, followed by Caroline Rhys Davids.
Where is the surname Davids most common?: Wikidata records people named Davids in Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Davids?: Davids is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Davids getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,396 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,380 in 2010, down 0.7%.
Is Davids also a first name?: Yes. Davids 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.