Dawood

English

Etymology

From Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd). Doublet of David.

Proper noun

Dawood (plural Dawoods)

1. (Islam) David
2. A male given name from Arabic.
3. A surname from Arabic.

Translations

David

• Bengali: দাউদ (bn) (daud)
• Marathi: दाऊद m (dāūd)

given name or surname

• Bengali: দাউদ (bn) (daud)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達烏德／达乌德 (Dáwūdé)

• Marathi: दाऊद m (dāūd)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dawood is the 16,108^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1797 individuals. Dawood is most common among White (67.39%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (19.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dawood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 417.