How common is the last name David?

45,954 people in the United States have the last name David, about 1 in 6,504. It ranks #732 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DAVID

#732

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
45,954
About
1 in 6,504
This common or more
36.2%
Who bears it

Of the 45,954 people with the last name David, 53.7% reported their origin as White, 16.2% as Black and 16.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of David

#730 Hobbs · 46,281#731 Dyer · 46,255#733 Oneal · 45,929#734 Mcclain · 45,911

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of David, most common first.

#67,362 Davide · 316#71,105 Davido · 296#123,817 Davied · 146#127,742 Davit · 140

Also a first name

As a first name, David ranks #4 of 53,615, with 2,813,017 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1955, with 86,454 births. See David as a first name

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