Last Name DOWNS

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of the Downs, i.e. the sloping declivity, from residence thereby. A term applied, in England, to a tract of poor, sandy, hilly land, used only for pasturing sheep.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland

Rank	955 (2000 US census)	970 (1990 US census)

Count	33,494 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.69%, or 28701 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
9.75%, or 3266 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 131 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.61%, or 204 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.37%, or 459 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.19%, or 734 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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