# Dawes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dawes/  
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) | 6,383 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,452 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 48,370 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (6,097 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /dɔːz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Dawe (“diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dawes 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dawes in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Dawes

- William Rutter Dawes, British astronomer (1799–1868)
- Dominique Dawes, American artistic gymnast, actress, and health activist (born 1976)
- Henry Laurens Dawes, American politician (1816–1903)
- William Dawes, American militiaman (1745-1799)
- James W. Dawes, American politician (1844–1918)
- Robyn Dawes, American psychologist (1936–2010)

## Similar surnames

Dake, Days, Dass, Daws, Dawsey, Diaz, Duke, Dickey, Doss, Dick, Desai, Dias.

## 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.