Downey Family History
Downey Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Dúnadhaigh ‘descendant of Dúnadhach’, a personal name
meaning ‘fortress-holder’ (from dún ‘fortress’, ‘fortified
hill’).Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Maol
Dhomhnaigh, or of Mac Giolla Dhomnaigh (see
Maloney).Scottish: habitational name from the Scottish
barony of Downie or Duny in the parish of Monikie in Angus (on
Tayside), named from Gaelic dùn ‘hill’ + the locative suffix
-ach.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Downey Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Downey families
 280 - 557  94 - 279 |
 1 - 93  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Downey families
|
229 - 456 77 - 228 |
1 - 76 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Downey families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Downey Family Origin
Downey Immigration Information
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Downey Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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