The surname Davison
A patronymic surname, carried by 22,276 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈdeɪvɪsən/ 3 syllables Soundex D125
Origin
From David + -son.
Davison 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 22,276 people named Davison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,860 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,627.
Who is named Davison
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
79% of people named Davison identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 79%
- Black (not Hispanic) 14%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Famous Davisons
13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Bruce DavisonAmerican actor, born 1946
- Emily DavisonBritish activist who fought for women's suffrage, 1867–1913
- Jon DavisonAmerican musician, born 1971
- Bryce DavisonAmerican-Canadian pair skater, born 1986
- Luke DavisonAustralian cyclist, born 1990
- Liam DavisonAustralian novelist (1957–2014)
- JD DavisonAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Lea DavisonAmerican cyclist, born 1983
- Wild Bill DavisonAmerican jazz musician (1906–1989)
- Will DavisonAustralian racecar driver, born 1982
- James DavisonAustralian racing driver, born 1986
- Chris de BurghArgentine - British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, born 1948
Notable Davisons come mostly from the United States (6), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Davison
Davison has the Soundex code D125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D125.
Questions
- Where does the surname Davison come from?
- From David + -son.
- How common is the surname Davison?
- 22,276 people in the United States had the surname Davison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,860 Americans. It ranked 1,617th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Davison?
- In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Davison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Davison?
- Bruce Davison, American actor, followed by Emily Davison.
- Where is the surname Davison most common?
- Wikidata records people named Davison in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.
- How do you pronounce Davison?
- Davison is /ˈdeɪvɪsən/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Davison?
- Davison is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Davison getting more or less common?
- More common. 21,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,276 in 2010, up 3.0%.