Last Name DOWNIE

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Meaning Not available
Origin Scottish, Irish

Rank 11,195 (2000 US census) 10,639 (1990 US census)
Count 2,597 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.71%, or 2226 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.24%, or 266 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.69%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.27%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.39%, or 36 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.69%, or 44 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

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.


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