How common is the surname Downen?

1,150 people in the United States had the surname Downen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,474 Americans. It ranked 22,392nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Downen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,150 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Downen

A surname, carried by 1,150 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Downen is more common than 86.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,150 people named Downen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 268,474 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.

#22,392

rank among US surnames

1,150

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #21,069)

Who is named Downen

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

94% of people named Downen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

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

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Surnames that sound like Downen

Downen has the Soundex code D550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D550.

Questions

How common is the surname Downen?: 1,150 people in the United States had the surname Downen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 268,474 Americans. It ranked 22,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Downen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Downen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Downen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,150 in 2010, down 1.0%.