# Davie (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/davie/  
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 David.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,407 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,544 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,621 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (3,328 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Davey, Davy |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Davie 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Davie in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Davie

- William Richardson Davie, American lawyer and politician (1756-1820)
- Alan Davie, British artist (1920-2014)

## Similar surnames

Davey, Dave, Davy, Davi, Duffy, Duff, Dove, 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.