How common is the surname Lowenstein?

1,720 people in the United States had the surname Lowenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lowenstein?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lowenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lowenstein?

Anna Löwenstein, British author, editor and esperantist, followed by Allard K. Lowenstein.

Where is the surname Lowenstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowenstein in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Lowenstein getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, down 1.5%.

The surname Lowenstein

A surname, carried by 1,720 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L523

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowenstein is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,720 people named Lowenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. That is down 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,746.

#16,652

rank among US surnames

1,720

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-1.5%

change since 2000 (was #15,413)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,644	Pinard	1,721	179,399
#16,652	Baudoin	1,720	179,503

Who is named Lowenstein

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

95% of people named Lowenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowensteins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Löwenstein
British author, editor and esperantist, born 1951
Allard K. Lowenstein
American politician, 1929–1980

Notable Lowensteins come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowenstein

Longtin

Lowenstein has the Soundex code L523, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L523.

Questions

How common is the surname Lowenstein?: 1,720 people in the United States had the surname Lowenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,503 Americans. It ranked 16,652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowenstein?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lowenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lowenstein?: Anna Löwenstein, British author, editor and esperantist, followed by Allard K. Lowenstein.
Where is the surname Lowenstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowenstein in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Lowenstein getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,720 in 2010, down 1.5%.