How common is the surname Dowdle?

2,337 people in the United States had the surname Dowdle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dowdle?

John Erick Dowdle, American director.

Where is the surname Dowdle most common?

Wikidata records people named Dowdle in the United States.

Is the surname Dowdle getting more or less common?

More common. 2,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Dowdle

A surname, carried by 2,337 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). Dowdle is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,337 people named Dowdle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,249.

#13,115

rank among US surnames

2,337

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,630)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,107	Glowacki	2,339	131,999
#13,109	Pabst	2,338	132,055
#13,115	Leming	2,337	132,112
#13,121	Hinnant	2,336	132,168
#13,124	Mowrey	2,335	132,225

Who is named Dowdle

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

89% of people named Dowdle identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Dowdles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Erick Dowdle
American director, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dowdle

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

Questions

How common is the surname Dowdle?: 2,337 people in the United States had the surname Dowdle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,112 Americans. It ranked 13,115th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dowdle?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Dowdle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dowdle?: John Erick Dowdle, American director.
Where is the surname Dowdle most common?: Wikidata records people named Dowdle in the United States.
Is the surname Dowdle getting more or less common?: More common. 2,249 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,337 in 2010, up 3.9%.