The surname Dowty
A surname, carried by 1,005 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex D300
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,005 people named Dowty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 961.
#24,787
rank among US surnames
1,005
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #24,406)
Who is named Dowty
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Dowty identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Dowty has the Soundex code D300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D300.
Questions
- How common is the surname Dowty?
- 1,005 people in the United States had the surname Dowty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 307,209 Americans. It ranked 24,787th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Dowty?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dowty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Is the surname Dowty getting more or less common?
- More common. 961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,005 in 2010, up 4.6%.