How common is the surname Davies?

33,753 people in the United States had the surname Davies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,147 Americans. It ranked 1,030th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Davies?

Jeremy Davies, American actor, followed by Marion Davies.

Where is the surname Davies most common?

Wikidata records people named Davies in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Davies?

Davies is /ˈdeɪvɪs/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Davies getting more or less common?

More common. 32,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,753 in 2010, up 4.9%.

Is Davies also a first name?

Yes. Davies 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 Davies

A patronymic surname, carried by 33,753 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdeɪvɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex D120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Davies is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

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

Davies 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 33,753 people named Davies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,147 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 32,165.

#1,030

rank among US surnames

33,753

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #988)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,021	Hays	34,191	9,030
#1,022	Joyce	34,132	9,046
#1,023	McKnight	34,055	9,066
#1,024	Gamble	34,005	9,079
#1,025	Downs	33,922	9,102
#1,026	Pierre	33,913	9,104
#1,027	Haney	33,898	9,108

Who is named Davies

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

89% of people named Davies identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daviess

43 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jeremy Davies
American actor, born 1969
Marion Davies
American actress (1897–1961)
Charlie Davies
American soccer player, born 1986
Morgan Davies
Australian actor, born 2001
John Davies
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, U.S. federal judge (1929–2020)
Dennis Russell Davies
American conductor and pianist, born 1944
Caryn Davies
American rower, born 1982
Windsor Davies
British actor (1930–2019)
Rupert Davies
British actor (1916–1976)
Lane Davies
American actor, born 1950
Joseph Edward Davies
American diplomat (1876–1958)
Arthur Bowen Davies
American painter (1862-1928)

Notable Daviess come mostly from the United Kingdom (18), the United States (16) and Australia (7).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Davies

Davies has the Soundex code D120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D120.

Questions

How common is the surname Davies?: 33,753 people in the United States had the surname Davies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,147 Americans. It ranked 1,030th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Davies?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Davies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Davies?: Jeremy Davies, American actor, followed by Marion Davies.
Where is the surname Davies most common?: Wikidata records people named Davies in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Davies?: Davies is /ˈdeɪvɪs/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Davies?: Davies is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Davies getting more or less common?: More common. 32,165 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 33,753 in 2010, up 4.9%.
Is Davies also a first name?: Yes. Davies 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.