Lowday Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Lowday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 65 | 1:415,318 | 33,226 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Lowday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lowday Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lowday occurs in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lowday? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lowday is the 1,849,867th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Lowday are found; 71 percent are found in Australasia and 71 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.
This last name is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 415,318. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 72 percent are found, Victoria, where 18 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Other than Australia this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent are found and New Zealand, where 6 percent are found.
Lowday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lowday has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 107 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lowday
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