Dowdell
English
Etymology
Variant of Dowdall.
Proper noun
Dowdell (plural Dowdells)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowdell is the 6777th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4976 individuals. Dowdell is most common among Black/African American (62.36%) and White (32.66%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dowdell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.