McEldowney

English

Alternative forms

• Downey

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Giolla Dhomhnaigh (“son of the lad of the Sunday”), from giolla (“lad, boy”) and Domhnach (“Sunday”).

Proper noun

McEldowney (plural McEldowneys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McEldowney is the 24838^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1002 individuals. McEldowney is most common among White (94.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McEldowney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.