Subscribe >
Help
Member Login
Username Password (Forgot?)
Family Tree
Look up another surname
The dowdall Surname

dowdall Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish (of English origin): habitational name from Dovedale in Derbyshire, ‘valley (Middle English dale) of the river Dove’ (see Dove 1).
  2. Irish: English surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe (see Dudley 2).
  3. English: habitational name from a lost place Ovedale or Uvedale, which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale, connected with the manor of D’Oversdale in Litlington, Cambridgeshire; this is first recorded as ‘manor of Overdale otherwise Dowdale’ in 1408.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Learn the meaning and history of your first name
Share this page with friends and family

The dowdall name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dowdall family name as far back in history as possible.

dowdall Family Facts

Are you a Facebook user? Add dowdall family facts to your Facebook profile.
Distribution of dowdall Families in the US in 1920
Number of dowdall families
 12-21
 5-11		 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view dowdall census records

Year

How is this helpful?

  • You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for dowdall records.
  • You can see how dowdall families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.
  • Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
  • Click here to search dowdall census records.

More resources for your dowdall family history

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:


Member Connections

More Tools and Resources