Last Name DOWELL

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Meaning	Local: At the dowl. John Dowle (a variant) was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1624. His father was James Dowel, a wealthy Bristol merchant. 'Dowyll' Welsh, shady, dark. 'Ynis Dowyll,' the shady island.

Origin	English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Gaelic, Zimbabwean

Rank	2,192 (2000 US census)	2,386 (1990 US census)

Count	15,226 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.51%, or 11802 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
18.87%, or 2873 total occurrences, as black,
0.3%, or 46 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.45%, or 69 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 199 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.57%, or 239 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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