Surname דווד (Dowd 
, דווד 
) , throughout the world, is a common last name. The family name דווד is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, Australia, where it is quite a rare surname, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Much less frequently, דווד is the forename as well as the last name.