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 last name Lows is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Lows? popularity and diffusion

Lows is the 1,551,568th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname Lows occurs mostly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Lows reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 88 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Lows is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used given name globally. It is borne by 16 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 3,097,940. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 39 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Arizona, where 9 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Lows Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Lows has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 165 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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 to vote for the 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
  • 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 Lows
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