Downin Surname

603,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 514 people bear this surname

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

Downin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Downin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5111:709,31355,985
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
England11:55,718,059489,080
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:652,19142,935

Downin Last Name Facts

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

Downin is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Downin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 603,653rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 14,178,105 people. The surname Downin is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Downin live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 709,313. In The United States Downin is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 22 percent are found, Maryland, where 14 percent are found and Ohio, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Downin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Downin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 664 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Downin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Downin surname are 28.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75.24% being registered with the party.

Downin earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.24% less than the national average, earning $42,614 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Downen831,696/
Dobnin832/
Dovnin831/
Downim830/
Duwning772/
Dovnina771/
Downeen770/
Downnen770/
Dubnin6740/
Dobnen671/
Dovnen671/
Dewnen670/
Duvnin670/
Devėnienė53108/
Davėnienė531/
Dubnyn5019/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Downin
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