How common is the surname Lown?

1,252 people in the United States had the surname Lown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lown?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lown?

Bernard Lown, American cardiologist, developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter (1921-2021).

Where is the surname Lown most common?

Wikidata records people named Lown in Lithuania.

Is the surname Lown getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Lown

An English surname, carried by 1,252 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lown is more common than 87.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

* As an English surname, variant of Lond, from Middle English launde (“glade”). Possibly also a variant of Lund. Compare Lon. * As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,252 people named Lown in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,273.

#21,009

rank among US surnames

1,252

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,599)

Who is named Lown

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

96% of people named Lown identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bernard Lown
American cardiologist, developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter (1921-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lown

Lown has the Soundex code L500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L500.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lown come from?: * As an English surname, variant of Lond, from Middle English launde (“glade”). Possibly also a variant of Lund. Compare Lon. * As a Dutch surname, named after Louvain in Belgium.
How common is the surname Lown?: 1,252 people in the United States had the surname Lown in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lown?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lown identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lown?: Bernard Lown, American cardiologist, developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter (1921-2021).
Where is the surname Lown most common?: Wikidata records people named Lown in Lithuania.
Is the surname Lown getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,273 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, down 1.6%.