How common is the last name Dow?

15,891 people in the United States have the last name Dow, about 1 in 18,809. It ranks #2,232 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOW

#2,232

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,891
About
1 in 18,809
This common or more
49.1%
Who bears it

Of the 15,891 people with the last name Dow, 78.2% reported their origin as White, 10.7% as Black and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dow

#2,230 Lincoln · 15,912#2,231 Coe · 15,911#2,233 Alaniz · 15,890#2,234 Burnette · 15,862

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dow, most common first.

#78 Doe · 262,774#902 Do · 38,056#17,049 Dowe · 1,626#21,381 Doh · 1,246#23,536 Doi · 1,113#28,052 Dou · 906#34,023 Doo · 719#83,139 Doy · 244

Also a first name

As a first name, Dow ranks #17,856 of 53,615, with 610 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1962, with 26 births. See Dow as a first name

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