Dowdey Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Dowdey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowdey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3791:956,35671,269
England161:3,482,379114,324
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Dowdey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dowdey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dowdey is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowdey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dowdey is the 730,373rd most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name Dowdey occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Dowdey live; 95 percent live in North America and 95 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 379 people, or 1 in 956,356. In The United States Dowdey is most common in: Texas, where 23 percent are found, Alabama, where 18 percent are found and South Carolina, where 14 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.

Dowdey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dowdey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dowdey surname increased 574 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dowdey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dowdey surname are 27.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.71% being registered to vote for the party.

Dowdey earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.6% less than the national average, earning $38,574 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowdy9119,190/
Dowde9177/
Dowdie83442/
Dowdye83137/
Dowdee8378/
Dowder839/
Dowdoe835/
Dowdes832/
Dowdje831/
Dowdde831/
Dovdey831/
Dawdey831/
Dowdge831/
Dowday830/
Dowddy830/
Dowded830/
Dowduy830/
Dowdysz771/
Dowdeii771/
Dawdy731,926/
Dawde731,639/
Dowda73718/
Dewde7344/
Dovde7311/
Dowdi734/
Dobdy731/
Duwdy731/
Dewdy731/
Dobde731/
Dovdy730/
Doowdeea711/
Dhawde67302/
Dovder6723/
Dobday6720/
Dhobde6714/
Dowdat676/
Dewdhe675/
Dobdea674/
Doifde674/
Dubdey672/
Dawdie672/
Dawdee671/
Dawday671/
Dawdet671/
Dewdei671/
Dowdis670/
Dewday670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dowdey
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