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Dow

in Massachusetts

There are 941 people with the last name "Dow" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Dow 760
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  1. is 756th most common Mooney
  2. is 757th most common Nash
  3. is 758th most common Montgomery
  4. is 759th most common Wilkinson
  5. is 760th most common Dow
  6. is 761st most common Marks
  7. is 762nd most common Shannon
  8. is 763rd most common Rizzo
  9. is 764th most common Blanchette

Similar Names and Nicknames

Do, Dew, Doe, Daw, Doi, Doo, Dou, Doh, Doy, Doa

Most Common First Names for Dow

David, John, James, Robert, Michael, Kenneth, Ronald, Mary, William, Charles

Meaning & History

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Dow

Scottish (also found in Ireland): reduced form of McDow. This surname is borne by a sept of the Buchanans.

English: variant of Daw.

Americanized spelling of Dutch Douw, an Old Frisian personal name.

Americanized spelling of German Dau.

FOREBEARS Henry Dow (1634–1707), NH soldier and statesman, was born at Ormsby in Norfolkshire, England. His father migrated with his family to Watertown in the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1637 and moved to Hampton in the province of NH in 1644. Henry became an influential and prosperous figure in Hampton. He married twice and had four sons.The Dutch name Douw is recorded in Beverwijck in New Netherland (Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.

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