McDowell
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Irish surname): Madole
Etymology edit
Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic MacDubhghaill (“son of the dark stranger”), equivalent to mac + Dubhghall.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Mid-Atlantic) (file)
Proper noun edit
McDowell (countable and uncountable, plural McDowells)
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McDowell is the 702nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49217 individuals. McDowell is most common among White (69.7%) and Black/African American (24.86%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McDowell”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.