How common is the surname Lowrie?

2,485 people in the United States had the surname Lowrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. It ranked 12,485th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lowrie?

Jed Lowrie, American baseball player, followed by Walter Lowrie.

Where is the surname Lowrie most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowrie in the United States.

Is the surname Lowrie getting more or less common?

More common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,485 in 2010, up 3.2%.

Is Lowrie also a first name?

Yes. Lowrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lowrie

A patronymic surname, carried by 2,485 people in the United States.

2 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). Lowrie is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the given name.

Lowrie is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,485 people named Lowrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,407.

#12,485

rank among US surnames

2,485

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,910)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,476	Beaupre	2,488	124,094
#12,482	Bade	2,487	124,144
#12,485	Lowrie	2,485	124,244
#12,488	Tuma	2,484	124,294
#12,491	Laplant	2,482	124,394

Who is named Lowrie

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

86% of people named Lowrie identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowries

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jed Lowrie
American baseball player, born 1984
Walter Lowrie
American politician (1784–1868)
John Patrick Lowrie
American actor, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowrie

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

Questions

How common is the surname Lowrie?: 2,485 people in the United States had the surname Lowrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,244 Americans. It ranked 12,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowrie?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Lowrie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lowrie?: Jed Lowrie, American baseball player, followed by Walter Lowrie.
Where is the surname Lowrie most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowrie in the United States.
What type of surname is Lowrie?: Lowrie is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lowrie getting more or less common?: More common. 2,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,485 in 2010, up 3.2%.
Is Lowrie also a first name?: Yes. Lowrie is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.