Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (6,835)
- Québec (3,042)
- British Columbia (1,507)
- Nova Scotia (1,164)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (613)
- Manitoba (499)
- Alberta (491)
- New Brunswick (460)
- Saskatchewan (244)
- Prince Edward Island (45)
- Yukon (32)
- North West Territories (1)
All countries
- United States (1,186,927)
- United Kingdom (699,501)
- Australia (46,531)
- Ireland (41,011)
- France (37,250)
- New Zealand (26,885)
- Canada (20,002)
- Unknown country (16,815)
- Switzerland (5,151)
- Germany (4,233)
- Netherlands (3,335)
- Italy (2,504)
- Mexico (2,049)
- Belgium (1,862)
- Colombia (1,387)
- Spain (978)
- India (879)
- Russian Federation (872)
- China (829)
- Jamaica (753)
- Poland (727)
- Indonesia (643)
- Greece (607)
- Argentina (575)
- Hungary (525)
- Peru (486)
- South Africa (420)
- Cuba (419)
- Sweden (419)
- Austria (388)
- Brazil (350)
- Philippines (343)
- Denmark (329)
- Paraguay (318)
- Panama (317)
- Turkey (308)
- Lebanon (288)
- Portugal (267)
- Egypt (261)
- Ukraine (242)
Origine of last name
DAVIS : 1: English and Welsh: patronymic meaning ‘Dafydd's (son)’ equivalent to Welsh ap Dafydd the Welsh form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/David">David</a>. The spelling Davis is more typical in southwestern England northwards as far as Lancashire where the frequency of the surname largely reflects Welsh migration but may sometimes represent a native English surname based on Davy (compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Davies">Davies</a>). Davis (including in the sense 2 below) is the eighth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans.2: Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Daibhéid ‘son of David’; see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/McDevitt">McDevitt</a>. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Davies">Davies</a>.3: In some cases also an Americanized form (actually an adoption of the name in 1 above) of Jewish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Davidovich">Davidovich</a> and of its cognate Davidsohn.
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