Davidson Family History
Davidson Name Meaning
Scottish, northern English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic
from the personal name David. As a Jewish name, the last
element comes from German Sohn ‘son’.Americanized
spelling of Norwegian and Danish Davidsen or Swedish
Davidsson, patronymics from the personal name
David.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Davidson Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Davidson families
 614 - 1,225  205 - 613 |
 1 - 204  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Davidson families
|
925 - 1,847 309 - 924 |
1 - 308 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Davidson families
|
1,669 - 3,335 557 - 1,668 |
1 - 556 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Davidson Family Origin
Davidson Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Davidson
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Davidson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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