Lowe Surname

2,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215,662 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

Lowe Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' i.e. the hill; v. Law (1).

Ralph de la Lowe, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de la Lowe, Herefordshire, ibid.

Crist, atte Lowe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

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Lowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States117,9691:3,072306
England40,1421:1,388143
Australia17,1511:1,574186
Canada10,3731:3,552462
Gambia4,4111:43690
Cameroon2,8731:7,229901
Jamaica2,5461:1,127206
New Zealand2,5431:1,781230
Scotland2,4391:2,195403
Sri Lanka2,2661:9,1831,334
South Africa2,0171:26,8613,431
Bahamas1,8631:21044
Wales1,1461:2,700297
Ireland1,0101:4,662784
Barbados6861:419110
Malawi6801:25,1753,828
Brazil4671:458,40317,380
Guyana4601:1,657295
Northern Ireland3981:4,636897
Panama3761:10,405922
Thailand2501:282,55348,609
Spain2431:192,39513,326
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Germany1731:465,34940,819
Malaysia1711:172,48110,489
France1561:425,78761,887
Trinidad and Tobago1381:9,8841,372
Singapore1371:40,2021,485
Guernsey1251:51668
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Bermuda1071:61088
Philippines1031:982,89585,295
Netherlands1011:167,20024,400
Indonesia911:1,453,28898,507
Zimbabwe891:173,46321,090
India881:8,716,652177,764
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Papua New Guinea741:110,18514,934
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Sweden641:153,85610,752
Japan631:2,029,27428,003
Denmark611:92,5368,820
Costa Rica561:85,3581,554
Switzerland531:154,96114,619
Belgium521:221,08928,230
Ivory Coast501:461,42515,070
Hong Kong491:149,7042,938
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Isle of Man471:1,826344
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Jersey371:2,681461
China361:37,981,1552,028
Chile331:533,83313,415
Mexico301:4,137,54026,679
Finland291:189,54116,328
Norway251:205,69123,411
Turks and Caicos Islands231:1,493170
Cayman Islands211:3,043397
Italy191:3,218,773100,309
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines191:5,929653
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha171:34467
Antigua and Barbuda151:6,611774
Cyprus151:58,9925,768
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Honduras141:629,7463,754
Belize121:29,6232,063
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Guam81:20,0153,029
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Northern Mariana Islands81:6,822652
Saint Kitts and Nevis81:6,900616
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Falkland Islands71:44788
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Dominica61:12,648426
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Namibia41:602,35012,421
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Cuba31:3,840,90513,116
Guatemala31:5,360,8898,925
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Puerto Rico31:1,183,3805,289
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8691:5,098857
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21,2451:1,147124
Scotland1,0041:3,728610
Wales2311:6,790440
Guernsey551:59499
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,2971:3,283389

The alternate forms: Löwe (7,238), Lowé (4) & Lõwe (1) are calculated separately.

Lowe (1,624) may also be a first name.

Lowe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the low,' i.e. the hill; v. Law (1).

Ralph de la Lowe, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Hugh de la Lowe, Herefordshire, ibid.

Crist, atte Lowe, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

The following occur in the list of mayors of Macclesfield:

Thomas del Lowe, 1430: East Cheshire.

Thomas Lowe, 1448: ibid.

George Lowe, 1607: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) Dweller at a Hill or (Burial)-Mound [Old English hlǽw] Mokock de la Lowe.—Cal. Inq. P.M. (A.D. 1311).

Robert atte Lowe.—Parl. Writs.

Robin Hoode sett Guyes home to his mouth, And a loud blast in it did blow, That beheard the sheriffe of Notting­ham, As he leaned under a lowe.—Robin Hoode and Guye of Gisborne, 185-8. (Scandinavian) Short, Small [Old Norse lág-r, low, short] Henry le Low.—Lanc. Assize-Rolls (A.D. 1246).

Robert le Low.—Parl. Writs.

(Celtic) weak variants of Lough, Loch q.v. Cp. Law(e.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Ger.) Lion [Ger. löwe, Middle High German lewe, louwe, O.H.Ger. lewo, louwo ( = Dutch leeuw), lion; borrowed forms which have more in common with Hebrew l ví than Latin leo]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Lion”. Sacred Animal of Tribe Judah. (“Arje” in Hebrew.) (Also Lowe and Leib.)

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German, English) One with lion-like characteristics, bold; dweller at the sign of the lion; dweller at the mound, or burial mound, or heap of stones.

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

1. The same as Law-a small rising ground. See Lower. 2. Sometimes perhaps the German lowe, a lion. In some instances, according to tradition, the name is of Norman origin, being one of the various forms of loup, a wolf.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A hill.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

1. for St. Lo, or St. Laud, bearing a bend. William de St. Laudo, 1180, the canons, forest, ville, castle, and fief of, in Normandy (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). See Laud. 2. for Le Loup, or Lu, bearing wolves. See Loup. 3. from La Loe, or La Lupe, Normandy. Thomas, and Hugh de la Loe, Norm. 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). See Loe.

The Norman People (1874)

(German), Lion. von Lowenstein, of Lion's castle.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

A location name in Salop.

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

Lowe,Lowes. —Essentially a name of the midlands and adjacent north - west counties, being most numerous in Derbyshire, Warwickshire, and Cheshire. Lowes is the north of England form, occurring in Northumberland and Durham, and in the North and East Ridings in the form of Lowish. In Scotland Low has an independent home in Aberdeenshire.

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

A family of Lowe has been settled in Upton for several hundred years (M.).

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

Lowe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lowe (Arabic: لوي) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Löwe, Lowé or Lõwe. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,574th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,792 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Lowe reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 191,561st most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,624 people.

The last name Lowe is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 117,969 people, or 1 in 3,072. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 150 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Lowe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lowe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lowe surname grew 771 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 243 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 496 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 116 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lowe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (53%) in Ireland.

In The United States Lowe are 14.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.81% being registered with the political party.

The amount Lowe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.46% more than the national average, earning 468,789 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 61.19% more than the national average, earning R 383,052 per year; in United States they earn 4.96% less than the national average, earning $41,007 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.38% more than the national average, earning $51,364 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Löwe927,238/
Lowé924/
Lõwe921/
Loewe893,696/
Lowey891,278/
Lowie89728/
Louwe89454/
Lowei8983/
Luowe8948/
Loweh8944/
Lowea8924/
Lhowe8914/
Lowee895/
Llowe895/
Hlowe893/
Lohwe892/
Loowe891/
Loweď891/
Lowwe891/
Low86146,986/
Loe8611,155/
Luowei8056/
Lowetz8054/
Louwie8026/
Lowerr8015/
Lohwee808/
Loewie806/
Loweye804/
Lochwe803/
Lowiea803/
Lowees802/
Lowher802/
D'Lowe802/
Loewey801/
Loowey801/
Loswey801/
Loweds801/
Loweer801/
Lowiey801/
Loiswe801/
Loowei801/
Loweie801/
Lowihe801/
L'Lowe801/
Lohwey801/
Louwey801/
Loywei801/
Loowes800/
Loweey800/
Love75167,351/
Louw7584,096/
Lobe7511,952/
Liow756,975/
Loue756,362/
Lawe755,723/
Luwe754,343/
Lewe753,487/
Lowy752,858/
Loye752,003/
Loje75724/
Loey75689/
Loei75652/
Lowi75556/
Loie75117/
Loee7595/
Luow7530/
Loow7515/
Hlow758/
Loej753/
Loiw753/
Llow753/
Lyoe752/
Lloe752/
Hloe752/
Lhow751/
Lgoe751/
Lowh751/
Lohw751/
Loyw751/
Lioweha73139/
Loiweha7359/
Lowheit732/
Loweová732/
Loyweha732/
Loweher731/
Lowesth731/
Lowhead731/
Lowheed731/
Louwehe731/
Louwije731/
Louwett730/
Louie6717,748/
Lover6714,593/
Logie674,771/
Louet672,961/
Lowoi672,724/
Lovey671,938/
Löwer671,747/
Lobhe671,599/
Lobei671,472/
Lovie671,250/
Loves671,195/
Loway671,177/
Loewy671,083/
Louey671,074/
Loyep671,045/
Loyez671,040/
Lewey671,032/
Loube671,012/
Lawei671,009/
Laweh67955/
Loeve67752/
Laoue67575/
Loyet67459/
Hlawe67448/
Liawe67422/
Louwa67406/
Lewie67312/
Lohve67308/
Loyed67307/
Lovet67290/
Leewe67288/
Lawie67282/
Lowai67245/
Looye67241/
Leuwe67206/
Lovee67204/
Lawee67195/
Lawey67171/
Luwei67167/
Lobee67130/
Loyie67120/
Loewi67109/
Louve6799/
Logge6792/
Luweh6779/
Luoye6777/
Lovei6776/
Loiez6767/
Luwee6766/
Lowii6764/
Loowa6756/
Lobey6751/
Loiye6750/
Loveu6750/
Lewei6749/
Lauwe6748/
Loyee6747/
Loued6747/
Lovea6743/
Loues6742/
Lojie6739/
Lobea6738/
Luwej6734/
Loyes6732/
Leweh6731/
Laawe6730/
Lowha6729/
Louez6728/
Lewwe6728/
Loveh6727/
Lovez6725/
Liowa6722/
Luwey6722/
Lewhe6721/
Loies6720/
Lewee6719/
Laewe6718/
Liove6718/
Lawea6717/
Lobej6717/
Hloue6716/
Lloye6714/
Loiwa6714/
Lowoa6714/
Luhwe6714/
Lowaa6714/
Lyawe6713/
Louei6712/
Loved6712/
Hlobe6712/
Loive6712/
Lawej6711/
Louwi6711/
Loevi6710/
Liobe6710/
Löwes6710/
Lhoie679/
Looie678/
Louye678/
Lawhe677/
Louwé677/
Loiet677/
Hlewe677/
Losue676/
Lloje676/
Lawue675/
Loyoe675/
Lovej675/
Hlove675/
Lohue674/
Luuwe674/
Louue674/
Loueh674/
Luwie674/
Lov'e674/
Lohee673/
Llove673/
Loibe673/
Louje673/
Lowhi673/
Lyove673/
Liuwe673/
Lojeh673/
Llowd672/
Loiue672/
Lojee672/
Lowoy672/
Laioe672/
Lawje672/
Lehwe672/
Löwed672/
Luowa672/
L'Hoe672/
Luoie671/
Loieu671/
Lojge671/
Lojoe671/
Louee671/
Lovhe671/
Lowiy671/
Loywd671/
Loyye671/
Llewe671/
Lhoue671/
Loove671/
Loiey671/
Lewea671/
Lhoei671/
Loeyo671/
Loeea671/
Lojei671/
Lohye671/
Luoue671/
Luywe671/
Louep671/
Lotve671/
Loyeu671/
Lyobe671/
Löwet671/
Löwey671/
Leeoe671/
Loiwy671/
Luove671/
Lowyp671/
Hllow671/
Lou'e671/
Lowwa671/
Luwwe671/
Lojue671/
Loije671/
Lijoe671/
Lowyt671/
Lowyz671/
Lowhs671/
Loeje671/
Looswedt671/
Lohwi671/
Loied671/
Lojeu671/
Lyoie671/
Loobe670/
Loyey670/

Lowe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lowe in the Arabic language
لويlwy-

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