How common is the surname Downie?

2,720 people in the United States had the surname Downie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Downie?

Becky Downie, British artistic gymnast.

Where is the surname Downie most common?

Wikidata records people named Downie in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Downie?

Downie is /ˈdaʊni/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Downie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Downie

A surname, carried by 2,720 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdaʊni/ 2 syllables Soundex D500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Downie is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,720 people named Downie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,597.

#11,555

rank among US surnames

2,720

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,195)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,550	Comerford	2,722	113,426
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551

Who is named Downie

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

82% of people named Downie identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Downies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Becky Downie
British artistic gymnast, born 1992

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Downie

Downie has the Soundex code D500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D500.

Questions

How common is the surname Downie?: 2,720 people in the United States had the surname Downie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,509 Americans. It ranked 11,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Downie?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Downie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Downie?: Becky Downie, British artistic gymnast.
Where is the surname Downie most common?: Wikidata records people named Downie in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Downie?: Downie is /ˈdaʊni/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Downie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,597 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,720 in 2010, up 4.7%.