Downey
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dúnadhaigh (“descendant of Dúnadhach”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of dúnadh (“closing, securing, fastening”).
- Irish surname from a reduced form of McEldowney or Muldowney.
- Scottish habitational surname from the barony of Downie or Duny, named from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“hill”) + the locative suffix -ach.
Proper noun edit
Downey (countable and uncountable, plural Downeys)
- A surname.
- A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
- A city in Bannock County, Idaho, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cedar County, Iowa, United States.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Downey is the 1320th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 26627 individuals. Downey is most common among White (88.35%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Downey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 485.