Dowden

English

Alternative forms

• Dowding

Etymology

Patronymic surname, from an unattested Old English personal name *Dogod, perhaps derived from dugan (“to avail, serve”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊdən

Proper noun

Dowden (plural Dowdens)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowden is the 8598^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3829 individuals. Dowden is most common among White (84.17%) and Black/African American (10.03%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• downed