McDow

English

Etymology

Variant of McDuff.

Proper noun

McDow (plural McDows)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McDow is the 17463^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1614 individuals. McDow is most common among White (66.91%) and Black/African American (26.08%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McDow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.