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Davis

in the US

There are 882,885 people with the last name "Davis" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Davis 7
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  1. is 3rd most common Williams
  2. is 4th most common Brown
  3. is 5th most common Jones
  4. is 6th most common Miller
  5. is 7th most common Davis
  6. is 8th most common Anderson
  7. is 9th most common Wilson
  8. is 10th most common Taylor
  9. is 11th most common Moore

Similar Names and Nicknames

Davidson, David, Davies, Davison, Davila, Davi, Davie, Davisson, Davids, Davin

Most Common First Names for Davis

James, Robert, John, Michael, Mary, William, Richard, Charles, Linda, Patricia

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Meaning & History

Southern English: patronymic from David.

FOREBEARS John Davis or Davys (c.1550–1605) was an English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage.By the 18th century there were numerous persons named Davis in America, including the jurist John Davis, born in 1761 in Plymouth, MA, and Henry Davis, a clergyman and college president, who was born in 1771 in East Hampton, NY. Jefferson Davis, born in 1808 in KY, was president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.

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