Davidson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Davidson
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Widespread in Britain, means the son of David.

How popular is Davidson?

Davidson is common in United States.

Davidson is ranked 2016 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Davidson bearers increased by 1.848222 per cent in 2010 US census to 103930 since 2000, the surname slipped by 32 spots and ranked at 301. The last name was found in around 352 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.38 86.25
Black 10.08 9.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.35 1.6
Others 1.88 1.51
Davidson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Norfolk Island is ahead in terms of density. Around 271957 people have been found who wears Davidson as their family name. Davidson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,530 Pakistan9
10,114 Egypt9
340 Turks and Caicos Islands9
361 Monaco8
24,358 Saudi Arabia8
39,450 Moldova8
7,128 Kuwait8
739 Madagascar7
13,336 Qatar6
3,246 Ivory Coast6
64 Norfolk Island6
4,786 Oman6
2,025 Afghanistan6
2,370 Iraq5
8,890 Cameroon5
8,266 Sri Lanka4
2,403 Vietnam4
720,003 Russia4
1,387 Togo4
116 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha4
1,817 Marshall Islands3
667 Sierra Leone3
19,865 Iran3
20,541 Peru3
2,113 Taiwan3
4,138 Bahrain3
18,114 Algeria3
4,529 Mauritius3
722 Saint Lucia3
7,993 Jordan3
23,165 Romania3
22,232 Morocco3
1,347 Liberia2
19,093 Finland2
4,781 Malawi2
1,136 Mali2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
332 Chad2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
549 Seychelles2
31,767 Greece2
4,302 Benin2
574 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
3,940 Ethiopia2
5,139 Bolivia2
405 British Virgin Islands2
384 Guinea2
1,333 Guam2
459 Cape Verde2
13,606 Senegal1
1,879 Belize1
37,779 Serbia1
10,958 Bangladesh1
20,172 Hungary1
846 American Samoa1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,057 Myanmar1
408 Åland1
3,307 Malta1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
2,078 Lesotho1
1,542 Andorra1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,819 Laos1
38,063 Mauritania1
12,741 Ecuador1
11,486 Estonia1
4,171 Rwanda1
2,232 French Polynesia1
8,371 Syria1
5,589 Sudan1
624 Solomon Islands1
11,923 Slovenia1
2,877 Cuba1
7,790 Zambia1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
2,211 Brunei1
16,228 Bulgaria1
50,549 Georgia1
4,249 Cambodia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
302 Dominica45
201 Bermuda44
159 Cayman Islands41
745 Barbados39
2,341 Costa Rica34
3,075 Cyprus34
1,384 China34
845 The Bahamas28
20,233 Denmark25
3,873 Thailand24
643 United States Virgin Islands24
45,758 Philippines23
1,737 Iceland22
699 Isle of Man21
3,009 Nicaragua21
3,830 Luxembourg20
3,918 Japan17
652 South Korea13
67,946 Czech Republic12
481 Gibraltar11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
127 Jersey78
13,830 United Arab Emirates71
6,628 Portugal65
89,789 Germany60
138 Guernsey55
322 Grenada54
Countries with hundreds of Davidson:
1,106 Sweden921
3,087 Malaysia809
7,056 Mexico759
47,316 India657
4,365 Netherlands602
10,130 Argentina538
470 Trinidad and Tobago481
1,311 Ireland431
672 Hong Kong427
4,308 Colombia419
340 Guyana405
15,860 Poland382
3,073 Guatemala369
287 Swaziland364
3,388 Switzerland342
31,156 Indonesia333
3,359 Chile315
14,785 Tanzania304
11,758 Spain304
4,065 Austria288
1,258 Namibia285
34,473 Italy258
22,396 Turkey245
1,759 Singapore231
6,997 Venezuela226
1,796 Panama196
11,679 Belgium156
6,726 Slovakia155
3,381 Dominican Republic144
6,819 Norway111
16,740 Zimbabwe102
Countries with thousands of Davidson:
662 Ghana5,671
3,034 Brazil4,738
379 Haiti3,891
118 New Zealand3,588
2,006 Uganda2,987
165 Jamaica2,838
374 Israel2,603
115 Northern Ireland2,313
7,209 France1,212
321 Wales1,061
5,419 Kenya1,020
Countries with ten thousands of Davidson:
202 England26,420
135 Canada21,234
1,328 Nigeria19,104
147 Australia15,213
25 Scotland12,424
615 South Africa11,251
Countries with hundred thousands of Davidson:
259 United States121,681
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Davidson worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Clark and arrived on May 14, 1846. Maid Catherine Davidson, Weaver Richard Davidson, Ann Davidson (25) , 20 years old John Davidson, William Davidson, aged 32, 27 years old Agnes Davidson, James Davidson (40) Mason, Jane Davidson (37), and 189 other Davidson majority of whom were workman and others worked as weaver and spinster, dressmaker, farmer, shoemaker, carpenter, mechanic, butcher, milliner, shipwright migrated to US.

Davidson Namesakes

    Max Davidson, German film actor, known for his Jewish comedic roles at the time of silent film
  • Stewart Davidson, Soccer player
  • Norman Davidson, Author
  • Aldous Davidson, Actor
  • Alfie Davidson, Musical Artist
  • Donald Davidson, Historian
  • Amaris Davidson, Actress
  • Lionel Davidson, Novelist
  • Jaye Davidson, Model
  • Basil Davidson, Historian
  • Amy Davidson, Actress
  • Linda Davidson portrayed the small character of N in 1973 comedy, musical movie Los compadres.
  • Devin Davidson, from 2017 crime and drama movie Live a Little, who played the Peyton.
  • Stuart Davidson portrayed central character of Dr. Hogg in 0 drama film The Ballad of Lucy Sands.
  • In 2014 comedy, drama flick, My Don Quixote, Ashleigh Davidson played Sophia.
  • Natasha Davidson played key role of Hester Corbett in 2016 drama and horror flick American Conjuring.
  • Bailey Davidson characterized central character of Joe in 1999 0 movie Bringing Down Dejonga.
  • In 2018, Billy Davidson characterized the role of N in drama film Udah Putusin Aja!.

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