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Where Does The Last Name Dowdell Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Dowdell is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dowdell.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowdell? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 67,584^th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 989,752 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Dowdell live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dowdell is also the 2,239,265^th most frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 23 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 5,877 people, or 1 in 61,674. In The United States Dowdell is primarily found in: Alabama, where 15 percent reside, Florida, where 8 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 7 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Dowdell Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Dowdell has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dowdell surname expanded 766 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,033 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 97 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dowdell Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (76%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dowdell surname are 9.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.2% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dowdell earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.75% less than the national average, earning $38,080 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.01% more than the national average, earning $50,183 CAD per year.