Dowdall

English

Alternative forms

• Dowdell

Etymology

Irish habitational surname for someone who came from Dovedale, in Derbyshire; it can also be an Irish adaptation of the English surname Dudley.

Proper noun

Dowdall (plural Dowdalls)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowdall is the 39659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Dowdall is most common among White (98.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dowdall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.