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    The surname Lowes

    A surname, carried by 1,091 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L200

    Lowes: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lowes #23,333, 1,091 people Lowes: #23,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lowes #23,333, 1,091 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowes is more common than 85.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,091 people named Lowes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

    #23,333
    rank among US surnames
    1,091
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,143)

    Who is named Lowes

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

    91% of people named Lowes identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lowess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Katie Lowes
      American actress, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lowes

    Lowes has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lowes?
    1,091 people in the United States had the surname Lowes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 282,993 Americans. It ranked 23,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lowes?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lowes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lowes?
    Katie Lowes, American actress.
    Where is the surname Lowes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lowes in the United States.
    Is the surname Lowes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,091 in 2010, up 0.2%.