# Davies (surname)

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

A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,753 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,030 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,147 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (32,165 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪvɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Davies 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Davies in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Israel and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Davies

- Jeremy Davies, American actor
- Marion Davies, American actress (1897–1961)
- Charlie Davies, American soccer player
- Morgan Davies, Australian actor
- John Davies, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, U.S. federal judge (1929–2020)
- Dennis Russell Davies, American conductor and pianist
- Caryn Davies, American rower
- Windsor Davies, British actor (1930–2019)
- Rupert Davies, British actor (1916–1976)
- Lane Davies, American actor
- Joseph Edward Davies, American diplomat (1876–1958)
- Arthur Bowen Davies, American painter (1862-1928)

and 31 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Davis, Daves, Dubois, Dobbs, DuBose, Dupuis, Dabbs, Depaz, Defazio, DeBose, Devos, DiBiase.

## 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.