How common is the surname Lowney?

1,108 people in the United States had the surname Lowney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. It ranked 23,065th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lowney?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lowney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Lowney getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,108 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Lowney

A surname, carried by 1,108 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowney is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,108 people named Lowney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,122.

#23,065

rank among US surnames

1,108

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,651)

Who is named Lowney

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

92% of people named Lowney identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowney

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lowney?: 1,108 people in the United States had the surname Lowney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. It ranked 23,065th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowney?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lowney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Lowney getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,122 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,108 in 2010, down 1.2%.