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    The surname Dowell

    A surname, carried by 15,320 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D400

    Dowell: #2,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dowell #2,377, 15,320 people Dowell: #2,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dowell #2,377, 15,320 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dowell is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,320 people named Dowell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,153 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,226.

    #2,377
    rank among US surnames
    15,320
    people in 2010
    5.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,192)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,368Trinh15,39220,059
    #2,369Ruff15,38320,071
    #2,370Sousa15,37720,078
    #2,371Mahan15,37520,081
    #2,372Leone15,36420,095
    #2,373He15,36320,097
    #2,374Bartholomew15,33920,128

    Who is named Dowell

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

    76% of people named Dowell identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dowells

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anthony Dowell
      British ballet dancer, born 1943

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dowell

    Dowell has the Soundex code D400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dowell?
    15,320 people in the United States had the surname Dowell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,153 Americans. It ranked 2,377th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dowell?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Dowell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dowell?
    Anthony Dowell, British ballet dancer.
    Where is the surname Dowell most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dowell in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Dowell getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,320 in 2010, up 0.6%.