Lowday Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Lowday Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Lowday Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia651:415,31833,226
England291:1,921,31276,208
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Lowday Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lowday occurs most in Australia. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Lowday.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowday? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,849,867th most frequently used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname Lowday is primarily found in Oceania, where 71 percent of Lowday reside; 71 percent reside in Australasia and 71 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Lowday is most numerous in Australia, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 415,318. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 72 percent are found, Victoria, where 18 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Besides Australia Lowday 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 prevalency of Lowday has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Lowday last name grew 107 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowda9115/
Lowdy912/
Lawday83366/
Lovday8312/
Lowdea831/
Lowdey830/
Lowdyya771/
Louwdad771/
Loubday771/
Lawdaye770/
Lowde73254/
Lovda7355/
Lobda7333/
Lawda7319/
Lawdy736/
Lowdi732/
Lewda731/
Lovdy730/
Lewdy730/
Lauwdy6712/
Lewdaa675/
Lawdai671/
Lawdau671/
Lawdey670/
Lowdee670/
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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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