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Downing

in Rhode Island

There are 91 people with the last name "Downing" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Downing 1,534
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  1. is 1,530th most common Burrows
  2. is 1,531st most common Byrnes
  3. is 1,532nd most common Condon
  4. is 1,533rd most common Cotoia
  5. is 1,534th most common Downing
  6. is 1,535th most common Felix
  7. is 1,536th most common Girouard
  8. is 1,537th most common Haley
  9. is 1,538th most common Hurst

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Downing

James, Gerard, Adina, Andrew, Charles, Darlene, John, Joshua

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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