# Davison (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,276 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,617 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,860 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.0% (21,627 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdeɪvɪsən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From David + -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Davison 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Davison in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada and Argentina.

## People named Davison

- Bruce Davison, American actor
- Emily Davison, British activist who fought for women's suffrage
- Jon Davison, American musician
- Bryce Davison, American-Canadian pair skater
- Luke Davison, Australian cyclist
- Liam Davison, Australian novelist (1957–2014)
- JD Davison, American basketball player (born 2002)
- Lea Davison, American cyclist
- Wild Bill Davison, American jazz musician (1906–1989)
- Will Davison, Australian racecar driver
- James Davison, Australian racing driver
- Chris de Burgh, Argentine - British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Davisson, Dobson, Devaughn, Dubuisson, Dobkin.

## 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.