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Dow

in the US

There are 13,372 people with the last name "Dow" in the United States.

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Dow 2,080
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  1. is 2,076th most common Cheek
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  4. is 2,079th most common Pickens
  5. is 2,080th most common Dow
  6. is 2,081st most common Ransom
  7. is 2,082nd most common Saylor
  8. is 2,083rd most common Wetzel
  9. is 2,084th most common Jernigan

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Dow

Robert, David, James, John, Michael, Richard, William, Mary, Charles, Patricia

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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