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    The surname Daws

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,314 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /dɔːz/ 1 syllable Soundex D200

    Daws: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Daws #20,248, 1,314 people Daws: #20,248 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Daws #20,248, 1,314 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Daws is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

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

    Daws 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 1,314 people named Daws in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,305.

    #20,248
    rank among US surnames
    1,314
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #19,232)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,239Arista1,315234,787
    #20,248Gethers1,314234,966

    Who is named Daws

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

    89% of people named Daws identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Daws

    Daws has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Daws come from?
    From Daw (“diminutive of David”) + -s (“patronymic suffix”).
    How common is the surname Daws?
    1,314 people in the United States had the surname Daws in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,966 Americans. It ranked 20,248th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Daws?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Daws identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Daws?
    Daws is /dɔːz/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Daws?
    Daws is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Daws getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,314 in 2010, up 0.7%.