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Downing

in Massachusetts

There are 863 people with the last name "Downing" in Massachusetts.

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Downing 838
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  1. is 834th most common Weber
  2. is 835th most common Bassett
  3. is 836th most common Cabrera
  4. is 837th most common Desimone
  5. is 838th most common Downing
  6. is 839th most common Gibbs
  7. is 840th most common Waters
  8. is 841st most common Fonseca
  9. is 842nd most common Ayala

Similar Names and Nicknames

Downs, Downey, Downes, Downer, Downie, Downard, Down, Downen, Downum, Downham

Most Common First Names for Downing

Michael, James, John, Paul, Robert, Mary, Charles, William, Kathleen, Susan

Meaning & History

Irish: sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen).

English: patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.

FOREBEARS Sir George Downing (1623–84), baronet, member of Parliament, and ambassador to the Netherlands in the time of both Cromwell and King Charles II, was the second graduate of the first class (1642) at Harvard College. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Emmanuel Downing of the Inner Temple and his second wife, Lucy Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop. The family emigrated to New England in 1638 and settled at Salem, MA.

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