How common is the surname Dowdell?

4,976 people in the United States had the surname Dowdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dowdell?

Zabian Dowdell, American basketball player (born 1984).

Where is the surname Dowdell most common?

Wikidata records people named Dowdell in the United States.

Is the surname Dowdell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, up 6.1%.

The surname Dowdell

An Irish surname, carried by 4,976 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dowdell is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Dowdall.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,976 people named Dowdell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,690.

#6,777

rank among US surnames

4,976

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,647)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,774	Brooker	4,979	62,010
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047

Who is named Dowdell

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

62% of people named Dowdell identified as Black (not Hispanic), 33% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 62%
White (not Hispanic) 33%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Dowdells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Zabian Dowdell
American basketball player (born 1984)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dowdell

Dowdell has the Soundex code D340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D340.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dowdell come from?: Variant of Dowdall.
How common is the surname Dowdell?: 4,976 people in the United States had the surname Dowdell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,047 Americans. It ranked 6,777th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dowdell?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Dowdell identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 33% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dowdell?: Zabian Dowdell, American basketball player (born 1984).
Where is the surname Dowdell most common?: Wikidata records people named Dowdell in the United States.
Is the surname Dowdell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,690 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,976 in 2010, up 6.1%.