# Lowy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lowy/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,638 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,283 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 188,489 people |
| Change since 2000 | +22% (1,338 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Löwe (“lion”) (see Lowe). Compare Loewy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lowy 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lowy in Austria–Hungary.

## People named Lowy

- Emanuel Löwy, Austrian archaeologist (1857-1938)
- Fritz Löhner-Beda, Austrian writer, songwriter and librettist (1883-1942)

## Similar surnames

Lo, Low, Loy, Loew, Lowe, Loya, Loewe, Lee, Li, Le, Liu, Lu.

## 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.