Lows Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

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

Lows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lows Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England831:293,67920,037
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States711:707,30545,577

Lows (16) may also be a first name.

Lows Last Name Facts

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

The surname Lows is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lows? popularity and diffusion

Lows is the 1,551,568th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lows reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent forename globally. It is borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 3,097,940. In The United States it is most frequent in: Indiana, where 39 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Arizona, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 5 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Lows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Lows has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 165 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Lows Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Lows surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.17% registered with the political party.

Lows earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.49% less than the national average, earning $36,464 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Louws89675/
Loews8920/
Lowse893/
Lyows892/
Lowhs891/
Loows891/
Lowsch800/
Laws7529,539/
Lobs75190/
Lews7583/
Lovs7514/
Lowz757/
Lofs755/
Lowx752/
Lovse67111/
Loofs6742/
Loefs6724/
Loufs6719/
Lawse6717/
Lewsz675/
Lovsh674/
Lauws674/
Loobs674/
Lofhs673/
Lotfs672/
Leews671/
Lowch671/
Loubs671/
Lohfs670/
Lowce670/
Llews670/

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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 Lows
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