as a Last Name
- 116,426
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Davidson
Meaning & Origins
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name David. As a Jewish name, the last element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.
| 260th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 116,426
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Davidson per capita
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