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Davis (surname)

Family name

Field	Value
name	Davis
pronunciation
plural Davises
possessive Davis's, Davises'
meaning	Descendant from Dyfed
alt. Son of David
region	Wales
variant	David, Davies, Davison

Note

the surname

plural Davises possessive Davis's, Davises' alt. Son of David Davis is a surname of Welsh origin. It may be a corruption of Dyfed. Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the twelfth century, e.g. Gwynfard Dyfed, born 1175. Dafydd (generally translated into English as David) appears as a given name in the thirteenth century, e.g. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales, and Dafydd ab Edmwnd ( ), a Welsh poet. Alternatively, Davis may be a patronymic surname (son of David).

According to the 2000 United States census, it is the seventh most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.48% of the population, preceding Garcia and following Miller.

References

A dictionary of Irish surnames: with special American instances; Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell, London. H. Frowde. 1901
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091221003828/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/data/2000surnames/index.html United States Census Bureau (2000). Retrieved 2008-07-04]

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