Daw

Daw is the 11,929th most common surname in the United States, shared by 2,507 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 119,000.

By the numbers

People: 2,507
Rank: 11,929th
How common: 1 in 119,000
Per 100,000: 0.84

Where the name comes from

Origin a given name

As an English surname, from a Middle English short form of David. Also a nickname from the (jack)daw. Compare Davey, Dakin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Daw described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 73.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 6.7%
Black, not Hispanic 6.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 5.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.7%

Notable people called Daw

Marjorie Daw (1902–1979)American film actress of the silent era

People named Daw with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Daw

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.