Davenport Surname

6,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92,748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Davenport Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Davenport,' a township in the parish of Astbury, East Cheshire. The surname has ramified in a remarkable manner. The variants recorded above seem to be confined to the immediate district within which the township is situated.

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Davenport Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States74,4791:4,867538
England10,8731:5,124711
Australia2,9291:9,2171,374
Canada1,6741:22,0113,017
New Zealand7051:6,4231,076
Wales4121:7,511835
South Africa2921:185,54020,240
Ireland2361:19,9532,067
Scotland2351:22,7822,567
Northern Ireland1441:12,8131,854
Germany931:865,65062,206
Thailand671:1,054,304158,943
Mexico631:1,970,25718,660
Spain571:820,21133,492
France531:1,253,259128,888
Isle of Man341:2,524513
Argentina321:1,335,73276,713
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Philippines191:5,328,328173,877
Guyana161:47,6394,360
Iraq161:2,188,85319,343
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Panama131:300,9437,078
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Sweden111:895,16066,831
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Guam81:20,0153,029
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
China71:195,331,65210,124
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Norway71:734,61250,907
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
India61:127,844,230863,365
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
El Salvador31:2,114,6295,401
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1321:33,5603,261
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,5991:4,354654
Wales551:28,5171,601
Scotland361:103,9785,126
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,6181:4,322532

Davenport (192) may also be a first name.

Davenport Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Davenport,' a township in the parish of Astbury, East Cheshire. The surname has ramified in a remarkable manner. The variants recorded above seem to be confined to the immediate district within which the township is situated.

Orm de Davenport, Cheshire, 1166: Earwaker's East Cheshire.

Ralph de Davenport, Cheshire, 1415: ibid.

John Davenport, of Henbury, 1555: Wills at Chester.

Ralph Davenport, of Prestbury, 1574: ibid.

1503. Buried — Richarde Davemporte: Reg .Prestbury Church (Cheshire).

1794. Baptised — Thomas Davemporte: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Belonging to Davenport (Chesh.) = the Gateway ot the (River) Daven [Old English port, a gate, entrance; Latin porta] Orm de Davenport, A.D. 1166.—Earwaker, English Chesh.

In Cheshire there are Lees as plenty as fleas, And as many Davenports as dogs' tails.—Old Saying.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

An English surname sometimes used for Donarty, q.v

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) One who came from Davenport (town on the Dane River), in Cheshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A township and estate in Cheshire, which gave name to a family remarkable for their fecundity, as wutness the proverb, As many Davenports as dogs' tails. They claim descent in an unbroken line from one Ormus de Davenport, who flourished in the time of the Conqueror.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

(English), Port of the Dan or Daven.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Davenport Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Davenport Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Davenport is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Davenport? popularity and diffusion

The last name Davenport is the 6,100th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 78,574 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Davenport live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 655,603rd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 192 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 74,479 people, or 1 in 4,867. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, Georgia, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 92 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Davenport Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Davenport has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 749 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 179 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 653 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Davenport Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Davenport last name is principally Catholic (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Davenport last name are 12.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.4% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Davenport earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 261.74% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,124 per year; in South Africa they earn 120.51% more than the national average, earning R 524,004 per year; in United States they earn 4.69% less than the national average, earning $41,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.36% more than the national average, earning $51,850 CAD per year.

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