Dowdy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 16
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 19
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 4
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dowdy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dowdy family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 7
Lace Maker 4
Ag Labourer 4
Labourer 3
Independent 3
Errand Boy 2
Gardener 1
Mariner 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dowdy

Name Census Frequency
John Dowdy 58
William Dowdy 54
Mary Dowdy 42
George Dowdy 36
Elizabeth Dowdy 31
Edward Dowdy 30
Ann Dowdy 26
Thomas Dowdy 24
Sarah Dowdy 21
Walter Dowdy 20
Herbert Dowdy 18
Charlotte Dowdy 17
James Dowdy 17
Albert Dowdy 14
Charles Dowdy 14
Ada Dowdy 13
Alice Dowdy 13
Joseph Dowdy 13
Ellen Dowdy 12
Samuel Dowdy 12
Arthur Dowdy 11
Emma Dowdy 11
Robert Dowdy 11
Henry Dowdy 10
Margaret Dowdy 10

Dowdy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dowdy 100% 984
2 Daudy 60% 137
3 Dawdy 80% 107

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The surname Dowdy is the most popular version of all its varients

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