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    The surname Loewe

    A surname, carried by 897 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L000

    Loewe: #27,021 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Loewe #27,021, 897 people Loewe: #27,021 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Loewe #27,021, 897 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loewe is more common than 83.3% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Lowe, meaning "lion." * Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Levy.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 897 people named Loewe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 344,198 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 838.

    #27,021
    rank among US surnames
    897
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #27,150)

    Who is named Loewe

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Loewe identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loewe

    Loewe has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Loewe come from?
    * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Lowe, meaning "lion." * Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Levy.
    How common is the surname Loewe?
    897 people in the United States had the surname Loewe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 344,198 Americans. It ranked 27,021st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loewe?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loewe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Loewe getting more or less common?
    More common. 838 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 897 in 2010, up 7.0%.