Explore the Family Name Lowy

The meaning of Lowy

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwy): Germanized form of Levy. 2. Swiss German (Löwy): variant of Löwe ‘lion’ (see Lowe 2). Compare Loewy. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ephraim, Shimon, Avram, Hershel, Mendel, Pincus, Shimshon, Shlomo, Yisroel, Zvi. German Ernst, Gerhard, Ignatz, Otto.

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How common is the last name Lowy in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Lowy has seen an upward trend in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Lowy was ranked 18,883 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had climbed to 17,283, representing an 8.47% increase. The actual count of people bearing the Lowy name also grew by 22.42%, from 1,338 in 2000 to 1,638 in 2010. Its proportion per 100,000 people rose by 12.0%, from 0.5 to 0.56.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,883	#17,283	8.47%
Count	1,338	1,638	22.42%
Proportion per 100k	0.5	0.56	12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Lowy

The ethnicity table, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, reveals a few shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Lowy. In 2000, the majority of Lowys were identified as White (95.07%), a figure that slightly increased to 96.03% in 2010. The percentage of Lowys identifying as Hispanic went down marginally from 2.54% to 2.44% during the same period. Interestingly, in 2010, there was a small representation of Lowys identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (0.37%) and those claiming two or more races (0.98%), which were not present in the 2000 data. Black representation among Lowys disappeared in 2010 after being at 0.75% in 2000, while there were no Lowys identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either of the census years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.07%	96.03%	1.01%
Hispanic	2.54%	2.44%	-3.94%
Two or More Races	0.97%	0.98%	1.03%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.37%	0%
Black	0.75%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%