# Lowndes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lowndes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 557 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 554,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (514 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Patronymic from Lown.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lowndes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lowndes in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Lowndes

- Jason Lowndes, Australian cyclist (1994–2017)
- Emma Lowndes, British actress
- Lloyd Lowndes Jr., American politician (1845-1905)
- Craig Lowndes, Australian racing driver
- Mary Lowndes, British artist (1856–1929)

## Similar surnames

Landes, Lindsey, Lindsay, Landis, Lentz, Lantz, Lewandowski, Lindquist, Lindstrom, Lindgren, Lundgren, Lundquist.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.