How common is the surname Lowder?

5,449 people in the United States had the surname Lowder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,661 Americans. It ranked 6,271st of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Lowder most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowder in the United States.

Is the surname Lowder getting more or less common?

More common. 5,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,449 in 2010, up 5.0%.

The surname Lowder

A surname, carried by 5,449 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowder is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

An English surname, a variant of Lowther.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,449 people named Lowder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,661 Americans. That is up 5.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,189.

#6,271

rank among US surnames

5,449

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+5%

change since 2000 (was #6,098)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,267	Knecht	5,452	56,630
#6,268	Cawley	5,451	56,640
#6,269	McCulley	5,450	56,651
#6,271	Lowder	5,449	56,661
#6,273	Senn	5,448	56,671

Who is named Lowder

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

92% of people named Lowder identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kyle Lowder
American actor, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowder

Lowder has the Soundex code L360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L360.

Questions

How common is the surname Lowder?: 5,449 people in the United States had the surname Lowder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,661 Americans. It ranked 6,271st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowder?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lowder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lowder?: Kyle Lowder, American actor.
Where is the surname Lowder most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowder in the United States.
Is the surname Lowder getting more or less common?: More common. 5,189 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,449 in 2010, up 5.0%.