How rare is the last name Dowell?

14,374 people in the United States have the last name Dowell, about 1 in 20,794. It ranks #2,453 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOWELL

#2,453

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,374
About
1 in 20,794
This common or more
50.2%
Who bears it

Of the 14,374 people with the last name Dowell, 73.1% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dowell

#2,451 Gannon · 14,383#2,452 Flint · 14,382#2,454 Gurung · 14,369#2,455 Purdy · 14,349

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dowell, most common first.

#32,238 Doell · 766

Also a first name

As a first name, Dowell ranks #41,955 of 53,615, with 173 people. See Dowell as a first name

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