Mcdowell Family History
Mcdowell Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill
‘son of Dubhghall’, a byname meaning ‘dark stranger’, used
among the Gaels to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from
fair-haired Norwegians. According to MacLysaght, this is the Irish
form of the name of the Scottish clan McDougall, borne by a
branch which went to Ireland from the Hebrides as mercenaries.
However, Black shows that both forms were current in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Mcdowell Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mcdowell families
 175 - 348  59 - 174 |
 1 - 58  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Mcdowell families
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84 - 165 29 - 83 |
1 - 28 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mcdowell families
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100 - 198 34 - 99 |
1 - 33 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Mcdowell Family Origin
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Mcdowell Family Occupations
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