How common is the surname Davie?

3,407 people in the United States had the surname Davie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. It ranked 9,544th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Davie?

William Richardson Davie, American lawyer and politician (1756-1820), followed by Alan Davie.

Where is the surname Davie most common?

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

Is the surname Davie getting more or less common?

More common. 3,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,407 in 2010, up 2.4%.

Is Davie also a first name?

Yes. Davie 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 Davie

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,407 people in the United States.

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). Davie is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

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

Davie 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 3,407 people named Davie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,328.

#9,544

rank among US surnames

3,407

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,029)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727

Who is named Davie

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

71% of people named Davie identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Davies

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Davies come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Davie

Davie 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 Davie?: 3,407 people in the United States had the surname Davie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,621 Americans. It ranked 9,544th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Davie?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Davie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Davie?: William Richardson Davie, American lawyer and politician (1756-1820), followed by Alan Davie.
Where is the surname Davie most common?: Wikidata records people named Davie in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Davie?: Davie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Davie getting more or less common?: More common. 3,328 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,407 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Davie?: Davey and Davy.
Is Davie also a first name?: Yes. Davie 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.