How common is the surname Daw?

2,670 people in the United States had the surname Daw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,635 Americans. It ranked 11,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Daw?

In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Daw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Daw?

Marjorie Daw, American film actress of the silent era (1902-1979).

Where is the surname Daw most common?

Wikidata records people named Daw in the United States.

Is the surname Daw getting more or less common?

More common. 2,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,670 in 2010, up 15%.

Is Daw also a first name?

Yes. Daw 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 Daw

An English patronymic surname, carried by 2,670 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daw is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, from a Middle English short form of David. Also a nickname from the (jack)daw. Compare Davey, Dakin. * Also as an English surname, from a rhyming pet form of Raw, a name related to Rauf; compare Ralph, Rawe, Rawson, Dawkins, Dawson. * As an Arabic surname, from ضوء (“light”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deaghaidh (literally “descendant of Deaghadh”), from deag (“good”) + ádh (“fate”), comparable to Goodwin.

Daw is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,670 people named Daw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,635 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,327.

#11,736

rank among US surnames

2,670

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+14.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,261)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,728	Currey	2,672	115,548
#11,733	Hoskin	2,671	115,592
#11,736	Rockey	2,670	115,635
#11,739	Degroat	2,669	115,678
#11,743	Manzi	2,668	115,722

Who is named Daw

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

75% of people named Daw identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 6.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 75%
American Indian and Alaska Native 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 6.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Daws

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marjorie Daw
American film actress of the silent era (1902-1979)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Daw

Daw has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Daw come from?: * As an English surname, from a Middle English short form of David. Also a nickname from the (jack)daw. Compare Davey, Dakin. * Also as an English surname, from a rhyming pet form of Raw, a name related to Rauf; compare Ralph, Rawe, Rawson, Dawkins, Dawson. * As an Arabic surname, from ضوء…
How common is the surname Daw?: 2,670 people in the United States had the surname Daw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,635 Americans. It ranked 11,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Daw?: In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Daw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Daw?: Marjorie Daw, American film actress of the silent era (1902-1979).
Where is the surname Daw most common?: Wikidata records people named Daw in the United States.
What type of surname is Daw?: Daw is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Daw getting more or less common?: More common. 2,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,670 in 2010, up 15%.
Is Daw also a first name?: Yes. Daw 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.