How common is the surname Dawood?

1,797 people in the United States had the surname Dawood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Dawood?

In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Dawood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Dawood getting more or less common?

More common. 919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 96%.

Is Dawood also a first name?

Yes. Dawood 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 Dawood

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,797 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D300 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dawood is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

Borrowed from Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd). Doublet of David.

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,797 people named Dawood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. That is up 96% since 2000, when the Census counted 919.

#16,108

rank among US surnames

1,797

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+95.5%

change since 2000 (was #25,304)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Dawood

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

67% of people named Dawood identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
Two or more races 8.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dawood

Dawood has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dawood come from?: Borrowed from Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd). Doublet of David.
How common is the surname Dawood?: 1,797 people in the United States had the surname Dawood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dawood?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Dawood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Dawood getting more or less common?: More common. 919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, up 96%.
Is Dawood also a first name?: Yes. Dawood 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.