Template:Wp-Davis (surname)

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Davis as a Welsh surname may be a corruption of Dyfed, related to Irish colonists who occupied an area of southwest Wales in the late third century and established a dynasty there which lasted five centuries. Dyfed is recorded as a surname as late as the twelfth century, e.g. Gwynfard Dyfed, born 1175. Dafydd (generally translated into English as David) appears as a given name in the thirteenth century, e.g. Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales, and Dafydd ab Edmwnd, a Welsh poet. Alternatively, Davis may be a patronymic surname (son of David).

Davis is the 45th most common surname in England and 68th most common in Wales.^[1] According to the 2000 United States census, it is the seventh most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.48% of the population, preceding Garcia and following Miller. It was the seventh most common surname in the United States in 2014.^[1] It is also recorded in the spellings of Davies, Davison and several others.