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    The surname Lower

    A surname, carried by 4,653 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L600

    Lower: #7,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lower #7,183, 4,653 people Lower: #7,183 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lower #7,183, 4,653 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lower is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,653 people named Lower in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,354 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,491.

    #7,183
    rank among US surnames
    4,653
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,895)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,180Sheriff4,65766,297
    #7,181Hazelton4,65666,311
    #7,182Boutwell4,65466,340
    #7,183Lower4,65366,354

    Who is named Lower

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

    95% of people named Lower identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lowers

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Britt Lower
      American actress, born 1985
    • Wendy Lower
      American historian, born 1965
    • Geoffrey Lower
      American actor, born 1963

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lower

    Lower has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lower?
    4,653 people in the United States had the surname Lower in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,354 Americans. It ranked 7,183rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lower?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lower identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lower?
    Britt Lower, American actress, followed by Wendy Lower.
    Where is the surname Lower most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lower in the United States.
    Is the surname Lower getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,653 in 2010, up 3.6%.