Brownlow Surname

87,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Brownlow Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the Brown Hill or (Burial) Mound [Old English brún + hlœw]

Brownlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,2801:110,50612,039
England1,1841:47,0595,916
Australia4921:54,8696,729
Canada1531:240,82122,946
Northern Ireland1311:14,0841,969
Scotland741:72,3495,525
Ireland341:138,4986,546
Isle of Man301:2,861575
Austria211:405,49741,758
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Wales91:343,83718,086
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1481:29,9323,032
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8841:27,5743,751
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4061:123,69112,002

Brownlow (89) may also be a first name.

Brownlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the Brown Hill or (Burial) Mound [Old English brún + hlœw]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at the brown hill or burial mound.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Local: "the brown eminence." See Low and Law.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

1. See Cust. 2. The Brownlows, Lords Lurgan (originally ‘Chamberlain’), bear the arms of the De Tankervilles, Chamberlains of Normandy. See Chamberlain.

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Cheshire, Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The distinguished noble family of Brownlow of Belton came first into the possession of that estate in 1620 (A.). Two centuries ago there were freeholders of the name in Thurgarton hundred in the adjacent county of Notts (Harleian MS., 6846).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Brownlow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brownlow Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Brownlow is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Brownlow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Brownlow? popularity and diffusion

Brownlow is the 87,623rd most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,327,664 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Brownlow reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Brownlow is also the 1,011,231st most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 89 people.

The last name Brownlow is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,280 people, or 1 in 110,506. In The United States Brownlow is most common in: Texas, where 21 percent reside, Georgia, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States Brownlow is found in 32 countries. It is also found in England, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Brownlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Brownlow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Brownlow surname expanded 808 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 134 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 411 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 77 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brownlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Brownlow last name are 12.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.78% being registered with the party.

The amount Brownlow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.98% less than the national average, earning R 166,392 per year; in United States they earn 1.42% more than the national average, earning $43,761 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.85% more than the national average, earning $54,080 CAD per year.

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Brownlow Reference & Research

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