Dowd

English

Alternative forms

• Dawdy, Dowdy

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Dubhda (“descendant of Dubhda”), a byname derived from dubh (“black”).

Proper noun

Dowd (plural Dowds)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowd is the 2651^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13590 individuals. Dowd is most common among White (88.7%) individuals.

See also

• O'Dowd

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dowd”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.