The dowdey Surname

dowdey Name Meaning and History

English: unexplained.
Variant spelling of Scottish Dowdie, which is probably a variant of Irish Duddy.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of dowdey Families in the US in 1920

Number of dowdey families

5-7

2-4

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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