Last Name DOWNER

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Meaning	Local: The downer, one who resided on the down, a bridger.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	7,031 (2000 US census)	6,765 (1990 US census)

Count	4,393 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

73.44%, or 3226 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
22.29%, or 979 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 20 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.36%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.68%, or 74 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.78%, or 78 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...