How common is the surname Lowe?

92,260 people in the United States had the surname Lowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,346 Americans. It ranked 334th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lowe?

Rob Lowe, American actor (born 1964), followed by Chaunté Lowe.

Where is the surname Lowe most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowe in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Lowe getting more or less common?

More common. 89,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 92,260 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Lowe

A German surname, carried by 92,260 people in the United States.

Pronounced /loʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowe is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe. * As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”). * Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As a French-derived surname, from Old French lou (“wolf”). * As a Norse-derived surname, from Old Norse lágr (“low”) (as in "short"). * As a native English-derived surname, from Old English hlāw (“hill”) (a burial ground in this case). * Also a petname (clipping) of Laurence/Lawrence.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 92,260 people named Lowe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,346 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 89,178.

#334

rank among US surnames

92,260

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #309)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#325	Bates	95,622	3,229
#326	Chambers	94,988	3,250
#327	Caldwell	93,944	3,286
#328	Beck	93,786	3,292
#329	Lambert	93,678	3,296
#330	Miranda	93,628	3,298
#331	Byrd	92,904	3,323

Who is named Lowe

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

73% of people named Lowe identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowes

28 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rob Lowe
American actor (born 1964)
Chaunté Lowe
American high jumper, born 1984
Douglas Lowe
British athlete (1902–1981)
Chad Lowe
American actor and director, born 1968
Arthur Lowe
British actor (1915–1982)
Edmund Lowe
American actor (1890-1971)
Richard Thomas Lowe
British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist and cleric (1802-1874)
Todd Lowe
American actor, born 1977
Karsta Lowe
American volleyball player, born 1993
Ann Lowe
African American fashion designer (1898–1981)
Mundell Lowe
American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
Hudson Lowe
British Army general, 1769–1844

Notable Lowes come mostly from the United States (19), the United Kingdom (5) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowe

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lowe come from?: * As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe. * As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”). * Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As a French-derived surname, from Old French lou (“wolf”). *…
How common is the surname Lowe?: 92,260 people in the United States had the surname Lowe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,346 Americans. It ranked 334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowe?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Lowe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lowe?: Rob Lowe, American actor (born 1964), followed by Chaunté Lowe.
Where is the surname Lowe most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowe in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Lowe?: Lowe is /loʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Lowe getting more or less common?: More common. 89,178 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 92,260 in 2010, up 3.5%.