The surname McDow
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,614 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M230
Origin
Scottish Gaelic origin
Variant of McDuff.
One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,614 people named McDow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,503.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #17,455 | Fredericksen | 1,615 | 191,174 |
| #17,463 | Bazaldua | 1,614 | 191,292 |
| #17,472 | Wisneski | 1,613 | 191,411 |
Who is named McDow
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
67% of people named McDow identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 67%
- Black (not Hispanic) 26%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
McDow has the Soundex code M230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M230.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname McDow come from?
- Variant of McDuff.
- How common is the surname McDow?
- 1,614 people in the United States had the surname McDow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,292 Americans. It ranked 17,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname McDow?
- In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named McDow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname McDow getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,503 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,614 in 2010, up 7.4%.