The downing Surname

downing Name Meaning and History

Irish: sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen).
English: patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.

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

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The downing name in History

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downing Family Facts

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Distribution of downing Families in the US in 1920

Number of downing families

183-364

62-182

1-61

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Charles Henry Downing	smayflow	1
Downing	Maureen Downing Bishop	1
Downing & Higginson London UK	ivanjoy	0
Sarah Downing - Nicholas Moore	Weeour	0
Downings and Cherokee	Max Downing	38
downing	randy	12
Patrick B Downing, born circa 1821, County Cork, Ireland	bevpenzien	0
maybe I can help	rummagelady1	2
Downings Alleghany County, PA	thegenealogysleuth	0
William Downing	diandphil_1	0

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