# Loew (surname)

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

A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,853 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 166,619 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (1,751 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the German surname, variant of Lowe.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Loew 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Loew in the United States and German Reich.

## People named Loew

- Marcus Loew, American film pioneer and business magnate (1870–1927)
- Oscar Loew, Agricultural chemist (1844-1941)

## Similar surnames

Le, Lo, Low, Leo, Lew, Loe, Lowy, Liew, Lowe, Loewe, Lee, Li.

## 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.