The DAVE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	4,016	7630	0.001	15
United States (1880 census)	178	21051	0	4
Change since 1880	+3838	+13421	+N/A	+11
Other Countries
Australia	47	26554	0	3
United Kingdom	1,097	4877	0.002	24

Top States for DAVE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	543	1618	0.006	65
California	467	5833	0.001	14
Illinois	426	2921	0.003	34
Texas	308	6145	0.001	15
New York	262	7112	0.001	14
Top States for DAVE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Jersey	543	1618	0.006	65
Illinois	426	2921	0.003	34
Connecticut	114	3878	0.003	33
New Hampshire	30	5169	0.002	24
Maryland	128	4403	0.002	24

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DAVE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DAVE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DAVE in New Jersey than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DAVE by picking someone at random in New Jersey than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DAVE

Region of origin: Asia

Country of origin: India

Language of origin: Hindi

Religious origin: Hindu

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DAVE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DAVE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	689	17.16
Black/African American	586	14.59
Mixed Race	174	4.33
Native American/Alaskan	82	2.04
White (Hispanic)	59	1.47
Asian/Pacific	2,426	60.41

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DAVE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to DAVE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DAVE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.