Lowy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 1
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 15
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 5
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Lowy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lowy family

Profession Census Frequency
None 2
School 2
Stock & Share Jobber 1
Student Part Time 1
Tailor 1
Tailor Cutter 1
Hawker Fruit 1
Market Porter 1
Journalist (financial Editor) 1
Dock Labourer 1
Student 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lowy

Name Census Frequency
Albert Lowy 6
Bella Lowy 4
Ernest Lowy 4
Gertrude Lowy 4
Hilda Lowy 4
Mary Lowy 4
Ruth Lowy 4
Ann Lowy 3
Florence Lowy 3
Frederick Lowy 3
Lionel Lowy 3
Ada Lowy 2
Alfred Lowy 2
Bertha Lowy 2
Edward Lowy 2
Ethel Lowy 2
George Lowy 2
Henry Lowy 2
Ida Lowy 2
James Lowy 2
John Lowy 2
Joseph Lowy 2
Julian Lowy 2
Maria Lowy 2
May Lowy 2

Lowy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lowey 80% 2,359
2 Alway 40% 1,620
3 Lewy 75% 613
4 Lewey 60% 378
5 Lawey 60% 214
6 Elway 40% 168
7 Lowie 60% 122
8 Lowy 100% 121
9 Alaway 50% 118

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The surname Lowy is the 8th most popular variant of Lowey.

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