How rare is the last name Dowdy?

12,818 people in the United States have the last name Dowdy, about 1 in 23,319. It ranks #2,736 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

last name

DOWDY

#2,736

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,818
About
1 in 23,319
This common or more
51.5%
Who bears it

Of the 12,818 people with the last name Dowdy, 74.3% reported their origin as White, 17.1% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Dowdy

2 other last names also have 12,818 people.

#2,736 Minton · 12,818#2,736 Pool · 12,818

Either side of Dowdy

#2,734 Leavitt · 12,836#2,735 Templeton · 12,825#2,736 Minton · 12,818#2,736 Pool · 12,818

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,686 Dowd · 13,092#11,913 Doody · 2,512#25,362 Dowty · 1,022#56,803 Dowda · 388#70,358 Doddy · 300#74,639 Dody · 279#83,139 Dowdey · 244

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