# Brownlow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brownlow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,236 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,564 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 138,079 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (2,186 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English brūn (“brown”) + hlāw (“mound, hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brownlow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 25% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brownlow in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Brownlow

- Parson Brownlow, American newspaper editor, minister, and politician (1805-1877)
- Jane Brownlow, British educationist and suffragist

## Similar surnames

Brownlee, Brownell, Bromwell, Bernal, Barnhill, Brumley, Bromley, Bramlett, Barnwell, Brunelle, Burnell, Burnley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.