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The DOWNEN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,162 21069 0 4
United States (1880 census) 164 22314 0 3
Change since 1880 +998 +1245 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for DOWNEN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 314 3828 0.003 25
Missouri 103 6469 0.002 18
Tennessee 93 5994 0.002 16
Indiana 76 8784 0.001 12
California 69 29826 0.000 2
Top States for DOWNEN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 314 3828 0.003 25
Missouri 103 6469 0.002 18
Tennessee 93 5994 0.002 16
Indiana 76 8784 0.001 12
Montana 11 12136 0.001 12

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DOWNEN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DOWNEN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DOWNEN in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DOWNEN by picking someone at random in Illinois than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DOWNEN

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the DOWNEN surname.

Ethnic distribution of DOWNEN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 17 1.46
Mixed Race 16 1.38
White (Caucasian) 1,122 96.56
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DOWNEN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

DOWNEN is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of DOWNEN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DOWNEN.

Similar names to DOWNEN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DOWNEN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DOWNEN

The following words are slight variants of DOWNEN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.