Davison is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Davison
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England
Meaning:

Davison is a form of Davidson. See David - Though of ancient standing in Wales, this Christian name scarcely appears in England before the Conquest. Modified in various forms it has since produced many family names, some of which are among the commonest in use, as Davids, Davidson, Davidge—Davey, Davy, Davie—Davies, Davis, Daviss, Daves, Davison. From Daw, the nickname, come Dawe, Dawes, Daws, Dawson, Dawkes, Dawkins, Dawkinson, and from another form of the nickname, according to Camden, we get Day, Dayes, Dayson, and Dakin.

The is the variant form of Davidson. The son of David.

The son of Davy or Davie, pet forms of David meaning "beloved".

How popular is Davison?

Davison is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, Wales, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe, Ireland, France, Malawi, Argentina.

Davison is ranked 8173 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Davison bearers increased by 3 per cent in 2010 US census to 22276 since 2000, the surname slipped by 93 spots and ranked at 1617. The last name was found in around 8 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.42 81.85
Black 13.93 13.61
Hispanic or Latino 3.01 1.78
Others 2.3 1.61
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.53
Davison is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 69669 people have been found who wears Davison as their family name. Davison is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Davison:
1,466 United States30,756
320 England22,379
Countries with thousands of Davison:
724 Australia5,370
1,490 Canada3,710
392 New Zealand1,663
318 Northern Ireland1,240
Countries with hundreds of Davison:
1,167 Scotland691
11,466 South Africa577
785 Wales442
26,640 Nigeria325
14,774 Saudi Arabia278
9,048 Zimbabwe258
2,322 Ireland195
74,270 France122
16,498 Malawi112
30,635 Argentina107
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,943 Chile96
24,892 Spain95
126,162 Thailand91
90,748 Philippines91
15,553 Mexico90
74,479 Brazil88
2,869 Singapore77
172 Guernsey66
43,657 Tanzania62
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,760 Uruguay46
640 Malta42
111,952 Germany39
10,086 Portugal38
304,812 India36
613 Jersey30
22,995 Zambia30
53,034 Netherlands27
731 Isle of Man25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
29,271 Switzerland21
13,165 Ecuador20
64,490 Malaysia19
42,433 Sweden17
27,097 Denmark14
636 Cayman Islands13
6,223 Jamaica13
820 Bermuda12
37,411 Norway12
1,223 Barbados11
78,166 Belgium11
6,554 China11
29,869 Venezuela11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
3,685 Hong Kong10
70,786 Austria9
26,217 Estonia8
25,208 Liberia8
15,196 Solomon Islands7
44,411 Croatia6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old workman William Davison who was residing in Tyrone, Ireland migrated to New-York on May 15, 1846 by Virginian put out from Liverpool. 18 years old James Davison, David Davison, aged 19, Joseph Davison, aged 18, Eliza Davison, Workman Samuel Davison, 25 years old Marie Davison, Maria Davison, aged 30, Thomas Davison (23) Workman, and 46 other Davison around 36.59% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, spinster, weaver migrated to US.

From Germany

Merchant Aron Davison from Germany aboard the Orpheus from Bremen. He is registered to be 16 years old when he arrived in New York on August 16, 1859. Fanny Davison (8), Henriette Davison, aged 49, Johanne Davison, Philipp Davison, aged 10, 21 years old Davis Davison, William Davison, Laborer Jos. Davison, Otto Davison (18) Merchant, David Davison (29) Laborer, and 3 other Davison majority of whom were laborer and others worked as farmer migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Davison Namesakes

  • Emily Davison, suffragette
  • Alexander Davison, English businessman and government contractor
  • Raine Davison, English actress known for appearing
  • Ann Davison, was, at the age of 39
  • William Ruxton Davison, British ornithologist and collector
  • Archibald Thompson Davison, American musicologist, conductor
  • Peter Davison, English actor with many credits
  • Bruce Davison, American actor and director of television, film
  • Rosanna Davison, Irish actress, singer, writer
  • Rob Davison, Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player
  • F. Trubee Davison, American World War I aviator
  • Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and jurist
  • Aidan Davison, English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer and Head Coach of Sporting Arizona FC
  • Murray Davison, professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Mike Davison, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Will Davison, Australian professional racing driver
  • Henry Pomeroy Davison, Henry Pomeroy Davison, Sr
  • Jake Davison, American drummer
  • Bryce Davison, American-Canadian pair skater
  • Liam Davison, Australian novelist and reviewer
  • Frederick Corbet Davison, President of the University of Georgia in Athens
  • Bill Davison, American jazz cornet player
  • Philip Davison, Irish novelist, screenwriter and playwright
  • Andrew Davison, Canadian politician
  • Bobby Davison, English former professional footballer
  • Beverley Davison, British violin virtuoso
  • Lex Davison, racing driver
  • Libby Davison, English actress
  • George M. Davison, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  • Frank Dalby Davison, Australian novelist and short story writer
  • Michael S. Davison, United States Army four-star general

Davison Namesakes

  • Emily Davison, suffragette
  • Alexander Davison, English businessman and government contractor
  • Raine Davison, English actress known for appearing
  • Ann Davison, was, at the age of 39
  • William Ruxton Davison, British ornithologist and collector
  • Archibald Thompson Davison, American musicologist, conductor
  • Peter Davison, English actor with many credits
  • Bruce Davison, American actor and director of television, film
  • Rosanna Davison, Irish actress, singer, writer
  • Rob Davison, Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player
  • F. Trubee Davison, American World War I aviator
  • Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and jurist
  • Aidan Davison, English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer and Head Coach of Sporting Arizona FC
  • Murray Davison, professional ice hockey defenceman
  • Mike Davison, former politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Will Davison, Australian professional racing driver
  • Henry Pomeroy Davison, Henry Pomeroy Davison, Sr
  • Jake Davison, American drummer
  • Bryce Davison, American-Canadian pair skater
  • Liam Davison, Australian novelist and reviewer
  • Frederick Corbet Davison, President of the University of Georgia in Athens
  • Bill Davison, American jazz cornet player
  • Philip Davison, Irish novelist, screenwriter and playwright
  • Andrew Davison, Canadian politician
  • Bobby Davison, English former professional footballer
  • Beverley Davison, British violin virtuoso
  • Lex Davison, racing driver
  • Libby Davison, English actress
  • George M. Davison, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  • Frank Dalby Davison, Australian novelist and short story writer
  • Michael S. Davison, United States Army four-star general

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