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    The surnameDavis

    A surname, the 8th most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdeɪ.vɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex D120 Also a first name

    Davis: #8 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Davis #8, 1,116,357 people Davis: #8 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Davis #8, 1,116,357 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Davis is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,116,357 people named Davis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,072,335.

    #8
    rank among US surnames
    1,116,357
    people in 2010
    378
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #7)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1Smith2,442,977126
    #2Johnson1,932,812160
    #3Williams1,625,252190
    #4Brown1,437,026215
    #5Jones1,425,470217
    #6Garcia1,166,120265
    #7Miller1,161,437266

    Who is named Davis

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

    62% of people named Davis identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Daviss

    271 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bette Davis
      American actress (1908–1989)
    • Miles Davis
      American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer (1926–1991)
    • Angela Davis
      American political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
    • Viola Davis
      American actress and producer (born 1965)
    • Geena Davis
      American actress (born 1956)
    • Raymond Davis Jr.
      American scientist (1914-2006)
    • Kristin Davis
      American actress (born 1965)
    • Anthony Davis
      American basketball player (born 1993)
    • Sammy Davis Jr.
      American entertainer (1925–1990)
    • Judy Davis
      Australian film, television and stage actress, born 1955
    • Jonathan Davis
      American singer, born 1971
    • Jim Davis
      American cartoonist, born 1945

    Notable Daviss come mostly from the United States (238), the United Kingdom (14) and Australia (6).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Davis

    Davis 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 Davis?
    1,116,357 people in the United States had the surname Davis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277 Americans. It ranked 8th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Davis?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Davis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Davis?
    Bette Davis, American actress (1908–1989), followed by Miles Davis.