Downs

Downs is the 1,057th most common surname in the United States, shared by 32,664 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 9,151.

By the numbers

People: 32,664
Rank: 1,057th
How common: 1 in 9,151
Per 100,000: 10.9

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Downs described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 81.0%
Black, not Hispanic 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino 4.0%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Downs

Lila Downs (born 1968)Mexican-American singer-songwriter
Anthony Downs (1930–2021)American economist
Cathy Downs (1926–1976)American actress
Riele Downs (born 2001)Canadian actress
Hugh Downs (1921–2020)American broadcaster
Damion Downs (born 2004)American soccer player

People named Downs with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Downs

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.