Löwenthal Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Löwenthal Surname User-submission:

The Löwenthal (Loewenthal) surname means 'valley of lions' in German. It's from a Jewish origin, and originally written Löwenthal. The latinization made it without the ö, and with the oe substitution.

Löwenthal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany981:821,48459,964
Sweden301:328,22522,987
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155

The alternate forms: Löwenthál (1) are calculated separately.

Löwenthal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Löwenthal (Loewenthal) surname means 'valley of lions' in German. It's from a Jewish origin, and originally written Löwenthal. The latinization made it without the ö, and with the oe substitution.

- eduardo_loewenthal

This surname is derived from Old German Löwe + Thal, meaning 'lion valley'; or deriving from the Ashkenazi prefix Lev-, as in the descendants of Levi.

- Michael Levental

Löwenthal Last Name Facts

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

Löwenthal is found most in Germany. It may occur as: Löwenthál. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Löwenthal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Löwenthal is the 1,198,640th most widely held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name Löwenthal occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Löwenthal reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 821,484. In Germany Löwenthal is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent are found, Berlin, where 26 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 15 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found.

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