# Downing (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/downing/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,880 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,225 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,691 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (27,879 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Downing in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Downing in the United States and the Kingdom of England.

## People named Downing

- Andrew Jackson Downing, American horticulturist, nurseryman and landscape architect (1815 - 1852)
- Burton Downing, American racing cyclist (1885–1929)
- Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
- Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish preacher, soldier, statesman and diplomat (1623-1684)
- Sara Downing, American actress
- Steve Downing, American basketball player (born 1950)

## Similar surnames

Dominguez, Domingo, Dunning, Denning, Deming, Dominick, Domingue, Dominique, Domingues, Domenech, Dominquez, Domanski.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.