Dowdy

See also: dowdy

English

Etymology

Variant of Dowd.

Proper noun

Dowdy (plural Dowdys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dowdy is the 2678^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13468 individuals. Dowdy is most common among White (77.15%) and Black/African American (17.59%) individuals.

Further reading

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