Surname Checker / Downey
How Common Is the Last Name Downey?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Downey today
29,482
Ranked #1,320 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.03 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 26,627 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
88.35%
Black
6.2%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.62%
Hispanic
2.35%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.