Dowdy — Family Name, Records and Arms

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Dowdy family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

How common is Dowdy?

If you carry the Dowdy surname, the numbers below show how often it is found.

The meaning of Dowdy is not given in the reference works we use for these short pages; a full report traces it from your own family's records. According to the 2010 US Census, the Dowdy surname had 13,468 bearers. It sits within the 5,000 most common last names in the country. Names that sound alike, such as Dowd, are easily confused in old records.

Research your Dowdy family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.