How common is the surname Lowy?

1,638 people in the United States had the surname Lowy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,489 Americans. It ranked 17,283rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lowy?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lowy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lowy?

Emanuel Löwy, Austrian archaeologist (1857-1938), followed by Fritz Löhner-Beda.

Where is the surname Lowy most common?

Wikidata records people named Lowy in Austria–Hungary.

Is the surname Lowy getting more or less common?

More common. 1,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,638 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Lowy

A surname, carried by 1,638 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lowy is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,638 people named Lowy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,489 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,338.

#17,283

rank among US surnames

1,638

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+22.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,883)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,274	Dorey	1,639	188,374
#17,283	Semon	1,638	188,489
#17,290	Guilbeau	1,637	188,604

Who is named Lowy

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

96% of people named Lowy identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lowys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lowy

Lowy has the Soundex code L000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L000.

Questions

Where does the surname Lowy come from?: * As a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy. * As an Alemannic German surname, variant of Löwe (“lion”) (see Lowe). Compare Loewy.
How common is the surname Lowy?: 1,638 people in the United States had the surname Lowy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,489 Americans. It ranked 17,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lowy?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lowy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lowy?: Emanuel Löwy, Austrian archaeologist (1857-1938), followed by Fritz Löhner-Beda.
Where is the surname Lowy most common?: Wikidata records people named Lowy in Austria–Hungary.
Is the surname Lowy getting more or less common?: More common. 1,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,638 in 2010, up 22%.