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Dow

in Virginia

There are 244 people with the last name "Dow" in Virginia.

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Dow 3,173
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  1. is 3,169th most common Ballou
  2. is 3,170th most common Billingsley
  3. is 3,171st most common Canter
  4. is 3,172nd most common Clemens
  5. is 3,173rd most common Dow
  6. is 3,174th most common Dunning
  7. is 3,175th most common Geary
  8. is 3,176th most common Kelsey
  9. is 3,177th most common Nickerson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dow

James, Robert, Brian, John, Michael, Susan, Bobbi, Carole, Carolyn

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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