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The DAVENPORT surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 54,206 561 0.02 201
United States (1880 census) 11,607 510 0.023 232
Change since 1880 +42599 -51 -0.003 -31
Other Countries
Australia 1,234 1339 0.008 75
United Kingdom 7,803 791 0.017 170
Top States for DAVENPORT by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 4,317 588 0.021 207
California 3,386 972 0.010 100
Georgia 3,372 288 0.041 412
Tennessee 3,364 233 0.059 591
North Carolina 2,827 396 0.035 351
Top States for DAVENPORT by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Tennessee 3,364 233 0.059 591
South Carolina 1,681 362 0.042 419
Georgia 3,372 288 0.041 412
Arkansas 1,008 327 0.038 377
Alabama 1,645 438 0.037 370

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of DAVENPORT

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DAVENPORT 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.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DAVENPORT surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DAVENPORT in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 932 1.72
White (Hispanic) 808 1.49
Native American/Alaskan 401 0.74
Asian/Pacific 222 0.41
White (Caucasian) 40,080 73.94
Black/African American 11,774 21.72

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

Meaning of DAVENPORT in historical publications

(origin: Local) Derived from the town of Davenport, in Cheshire, England, so called from the river Dan or Daven (which name signifies a river), and port, a haven or harbor.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to DAVENPORT

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DAVENPORT.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DAVENPORT

The following words are slight variants of DAVENPORT that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.