The Dawson surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 80,190 people carried this name — #355 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 3,360 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
90 people named Dawson live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 71 people named Dawson.
Most of them — 58 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Dawson in American newspapers,
1896–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 673,194 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dawson.
- Davinroy 114 · U.S. census
- Davion 110 · U.S. census
- Davis 1,072,335 · U.S. census
- Davit 136 · U.S. census
- Davoli 431 · U.S. census
- Davy 3,176 · U.S. census
- Dax 443 · U.S. census
- Day 101,676 · U.S. census
- Dayan 648 · U.S. census
- Dayes 129 · U.S. census
- Daynes 157 · U.S. census
- Dayon 214 · U.S. census
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