Dowdell

English

Etymology

Variant of Dowdall.

Proper noun

Dowdell (plural Dowdells)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowdell is the 6777^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.