Dow Family History
Dow Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dow Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dow families
 254 - 506  85 - 253 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dow families
|
153 - 303 52 - 152 |
1 - 51 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dow families
|
280 - 557 94 - 279 |
1 - 93 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dow census records
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Dow Family Origin
Dow Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Dow
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Dow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dow census records
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Dow Civil War Service Records
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