Lowly Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Lowly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lowly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Lowly (26) may also be a first name.

Lowly Last Name Facts

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

Lowly is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowly? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Lowly live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. Lowly is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 26 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 30 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Indiana, where 10 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 24 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.

Lowly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lowly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lowly surname rose 111 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lowly Last Name Statistics demography

Lowly earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowley91188/
Lovly803,564/
Lawly80949/
Lowle8023/
Lowli8011/
Lowla805/
L'Howley771/
Lowelley770/
Lawley737,030/
Lobley731,676/
Lovley73479/
Lowleh7347/
Loblay7310/
Lawlay735/
Lovliy731/
Lowlee731/
L'Ovly731/
Lowlli731/
Hlowle731/
Lovlay730/
Lowilli6724/
Loublay679/
Lowlett677/
Lowller676/
Lowilla675/
Lowelle672/
Lowella672/
Lovliey671/
Lovleys671/
Louvley670/
Louwler670/
Lowliss670/

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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 Lowly
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