Lowman Surname

44,510th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,669 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Lowman Surname Definition:

i) Occup. 'the servant of Low,' i.e. Lawrence; v. Lowson. This class of occupative names is somewhat large; v. Matthewman, Addyman, &c. (a) Local, 'the low-man' one who lived on the low (v. Low); compare Denman, Berryman, &c.

1587.

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Lowman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9711:36,3514,511
England9931:56,1116,795
Australia2141:126,14813,799
Canada861:428,43737,472
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines621:1,817366
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
Wales471:65,8415,810
Trinidad and Tobago341:40,1173,784
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Panama301:130,4094,482
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Israel121:713,13647,700
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Guam81:20,0153,029
Jersey71:14,1722,872
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
France21:33,211,361423,184
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland101:442,98715,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6691:36,4364,738
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4361:34,9714,162

Lowman (101) may also be a first name.

Lowman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

i) Occup. 'the servant of Low,' i.e. Lawrence; v. Lowson. This class of occupative names is somewhat large; v. Matthewman, Addyman, &c. (a) Local, 'the low-man' one who lived on the low (v. Low); compare Denman, Berryman, &c.

1587. Francis Lowman, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1664-5. John Huett and Faith Lowman (Hampshire): Marriage Lic.(Faculty Office).

1673. Married — John Lowman and Frances Knowles: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1688. Buried — Frances Loman, in the North Isle: ibid.

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

= Low (q.v.) + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See-low, man, and ek. A dweller by or upon an eminence.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Lohmann; a personal name.

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

Lowman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lowman is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lowman.

How Common Is The Last Name Lowman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lowman is the 44,510th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 624,522 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Lowman are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 940,641st most frequent given name on earth, borne by 101 people.

Lowman is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 9,971 people, or 1 in 36,351. In The United States Lowman is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 15 percent live, Maryland, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname is found in 46 countries. It also occurs in England, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Lowman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lowman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 694 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 90 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lowman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Lowman surname are 25.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.64% registered with the political party.

The amount Lowman earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 39.66% more than the national average, earning R 331,896 per year; in United States they earn 4.09% less than the national average, earning $41,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.03% less than the national average, earning $49,172 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louwman92230/
Lowmann928/
Lowmant923/
Lowmand921/
Loewman920/
Lowhmann862/
Louwmann860/
Lawman831,400/
Lewman83922/
Lobman83172/
Lowmon8330/
Lovman835/
Luwman831/
Lovmand77119/
Lawmang7759/
Loybman7735/
Lobmann7733/
Lawmann7727/
Loibman7722/
Liovman7713/
Loobman774/
Lawmand772/
Leewman771/
Llewman770/
Lawmaung711/
Lohbmann711/
Lubman67502/
Lawmon6760/
Labman6759/
Lavman676/
Luvman672/
Lobmon672/
Lewmon670/
Löbmann6278/
Laubman6248/
Lyubman6240/
Lübmann6212/
Lubmann626/
Liubman623/
Lyuvman621/
Loubmon621/
Lavmann621/
Laubmann57179/
Lyuvmanova503/

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