Lownes Surname

576,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Lownes Surname Definition:

From Lounds; a location name in Lincolnshire.

Lownes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4251:852,84564,957
England1001:557,18134,216
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
Wales61:261,4039,165
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Lownes Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Lounds; a location name in Lincolnshire.

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

Lownes Last Name Facts

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

Lownes occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Lownes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lownes is the 576,198th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,347,154 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Lownes live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Lownes is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 425 people, or 1 in 852,845. In The United States Lownes is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 29 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Maryland, where 8 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 18 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Lownes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lownes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Lownes last name expanded 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 154 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lownes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Lownes are 19.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.93% being registered with the political party.

Lownes earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% more than the national average, earning $48,485 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lowness921/
Loewness861/
Lewnes83232/
Lawnes833/
Lovnes832/
Lovness777/
Lownish771/
Lewneiss711/
Lawnis672/
Lavnes671/
Lövnes671/
Lauvnes6235/
Lewniss623/
Lawnice620/
Lavnis5024/
Lövnäs5013/
Lavnäs502/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lownes
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