How common is the surname Lowery?

43,278 people in the United States had the surname Lowery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,134 Americans. It ranked 799th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lowery?

David Lowery, American filmmaker, followed by Robert Lowery.

Where is the surname Lowery most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowery in the United States.

Is the surname Lowery getting more or less common?

More common. 41,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,278 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Lowery

A surname, carried by 43,278 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex L600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowery is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

Northern English and Irish surname, variant of Lowry.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 43,278 people named Lowery in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,134 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 41,670.

#799

rank among US surnames

43,278

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #752)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#790	Cuevas	43,701	7,065
#791	Bartlett	43,648	7,074
#792	Durham	43,635	7,076
#793	Dorsey	43,631	7,076
#794	McCall	43,483	7,100
#795	O'Donnell	43,460	7,104
#796	Stein	43,389	7,116

Who is named Lowery

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

68% of people named Lowery identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 68%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowerys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Lowery
American filmmaker, born 1980
Robert Lowery
American motion picture, television, and stage actor (1913-1971)
Joseph Lowery
American minister (1921–2020)
Robert Lowery
American basketball player (born 1987)
Bill Lowery
American politician, born 1947
John 5
American guitarist (born 1970)
Anybody Killa
American rapper (born 1973)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowery

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

Questions

Where does the surname Lowery come from?: Northern English and Irish surname, variant of Lowry.
How common is the surname Lowery?: 43,278 people in the United States had the surname Lowery in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,134 Americans. It ranked 799th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowery?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Lowery identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lowery?: David Lowery, American filmmaker, followed by Robert Lowery.
Where is the surname Lowery most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowery in the United States.
Is the surname Lowery getting more or less common?: More common. 41,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 43,278 in 2010, up 3.9%.