How common is the surname Dowe?

1,754 people in the United States had the surname Dowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Dowe getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, down 1.7%.

Is Dowe also a first name?

Yes. Dowe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Dowe

A patronymic surname, carried by 1,754 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex D000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dowe is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Dow.

Dowe is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,754 people named Dowe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,784.

#16,407

rank among US surnames

1,754

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #15,167)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,407	Dillion	1,754	176,024
#16,415	Pietsch	1,753	176,124

Who is named Dowe

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

51% of people named Dowe identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Dowe

Dowe has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

Questions

Where does the surname Dowe come from?: Variant of Dow.
How common is the surname Dowe?: 1,754 people in the United States had the surname Dowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,024 Americans. It ranked 16,407th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dowe?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Dowe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Dowe?: Dowe is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Dowe getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,784 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,754 in 2010, down 1.7%.
Is Dowe also a first name?: Yes. Dowe is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.