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    The surname Dowling

    An Irish surname, carried by 16,238 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex D452

    Dowling: #2,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Dowling #2,245, 16,238 people Dowling: #2,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dowling #2,245, 16,238 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dowling is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    A surname from Irish.

    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 16,238 people named Dowling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,014 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,581.

    #2,245
    rank among US surnames
    16,238
    people in 2010
    5.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,137)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,236Hare16,30418,937
    #2,237Russ16,30018,941
    #2,238Ahmad16,29118,952
    #2,239Parr16,28618,958
    #2,240Montanez16,28118,964
    #2,241Aaron16,27618,969
    #2,242Clinton16,26318,985

    Who is named Dowling

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

    87% of people named Dowling identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dowlings

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bridget Dowling
      Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr., 1891–1969
    • Doris Dowling
      American actress of film, stage and television (1923–2004)
    • Alexandra Dowling
      British actress, born 1990
    • Constance Dowling
      American actress (1920–1969)
    • Colette Dowling
      American writer, born 1938
    • Joseph J. Dowling
      American actor (1850–1928)
    • Eddie Dowling
      American stage actor, theatrical producer and writer (1889-1976)

    Notable Dowlings come mostly from the United States (4), Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Dowling

    Dowling has the Soundex code D452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D452.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dowling come from?
    Dowling is Irish in origin.
    How common is the surname Dowling?
    16,238 people in the United States had the surname Dowling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,014 Americans. It ranked 2,245th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dowling?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Dowling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dowling?
    Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr., followed by Doris Dowling.
    Where is the surname Dowling most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dowling in the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Dowling getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,581 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,238 in 2010, up 4.2%.