Last Name DAVEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	3,696 (2000 US census)	5,549 (1990 US census)

Count	8,816 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.89%, or 8101 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.79%, or 334 total occurrences, as black,
0.6%, or 53 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.45%, or 40 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.55%, or 137 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.71%, or 151 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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