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    The surname Loewen

    A surname, carried by 2,861 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex L500

    Loewen: #11,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Loewen #11,095, 2,861 people Loewen: #11,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Loewen #11,095, 2,861 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Loewen is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,861 people named Loewen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,529.

    #11,095
    rank among US surnames
    2,861
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,431)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,086Mauck2,863107,840
    #11,092Mounce2,862107,878
    #11,095Loewen2,861107,915
    #11,099Lasater2,860107,953
    #11,101Granda2,859107,991
    #11,103Dearborn2,858108,029
    #11,104Toman2,857108,066

    Who is named Loewen

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

    94% of people named Loewen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Loewen

    Loewen has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Loewen?
    2,861 people in the United States had the surname Loewen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Loewen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Loewen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Loewen getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 13%.