Lowley Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Iceland

Lowley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lowley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:671,30238,633
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Canada371:995,82774,831
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland81:553,73317,655
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Lowley (10) may also be a first name.

Lowley Last Name Facts

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

Lowley is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lowley is the 1,235,409th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name Lowley is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Lowley reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lowley is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Lowley is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 671,302. In England it is mostly found in: West Yorkshire, where 35 percent reside, Greater London, where 19 percent reside and East Riding of Yorkshire, where 11 percent reside. Barring England this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Canada, where 20 percent reside.

Lowley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lowley has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Lowley surname expanded 134 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 204 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lowley Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Lowley last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Lowley are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

The amount Lowley earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 24.04% less than the national average, earning $32,777 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.22% less than the national average, earning $41,128 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowle9123/
Lowly9121/
L'Howley861/
Lowelley860/
Lawley837,030/
Lobley831,676/
Lovley83479/
Lowleh8347/
Lowlee831/
Hlowle831/
Lewley830/
Lowlett777/
Lowller776/
Lowelle772/
Lovliey771/
Lovleys771/
Louvley770/
Louwler770/
Lovly733,564/
Lawly73949/
Loble73161/
Lawle7312/
Lowli7311/
Lowla735/
Lewle734/
Lovle733/
Lewly732/
Lowlà731/
Louwleid712/
Lawlee67143/
Lovlie6779/
Lovler6727/
Lovlya6722/
Lavley6714/
Loible6711/
Loblay6710/
Lovlee676/
Lawlay675/
Labley674/
Liowillie674/
Lawlei672/
Lovliy671/
L'Ovly671/
Lowlli671/
Lowlah671/
Lawleh670/
Lovles670/
Lovlay670/
Luwles670/
Lovleh670/
Lawlie670/
Lawlep670/

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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
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  • 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 Lowley
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