Lowes Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 14
Buckinghamshire 7
Berkshire 7
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 31
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 107
Derbyshire 40
Devon 9
Dorset 1
Durham 722
Essex 60
Gloucestershire 42
Hampshire 25
Herefordshire 9
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 41
Lancashire 230
Leicestershire 9
Lincolnshire 40
London 222
Middlesex 51
Northumberland 330
Norfolk 13
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 20
Oxfordshire 7
Rutland 0
Shropshire 52
Suffolk 12
Somerset 7
Surrey 47
Sussex 22
Staffordshire 105
Warwickshire 58
Westmorland 8
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 12
Yorkshire 128

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 8
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 11
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 8
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Lowes Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lowes family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 448
Coal Miner 89
Dress Maker 39
Farmer 33
Agricultural Labourer 29
General Labourer 28
Living On Own Means 17
Labourer 17
Lead Miner 16
Domestic Servant 15
Living On Her Own Means 15
Blacksmith 14
General Servant 13
Farm Labourer 12
Gardener 11
General Servant Domestic 11
Tailor 11
Joiner 10
Dressmaker 10
House Keeper 10
Farm Servant 8
Shoe Maker 8
Clerk 7
Engine Fitter 7
General Domestic Servant 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Lowes

Name Census Frequency
John Lowes 1,218
Mary Lowes 1,163
William Lowes 904
Elizabeth Lowes 795
Thomas Lowes 781
George Lowes 541
Margaret Lowes 501
Sarah Lowes 481
James Lowes 455
Jane Lowes 439
Joseph Lowes 438
Robert Lowes 387
Ann Lowes 330
Edward Lowes 223
Hannah Lowes 223
Henry Lowes 197
Charles Lowes 196
Isabella Lowes 195
Annie Lowes 175
Alice Lowes 170
Ellen Lowes 134
Richard Lowes 134
Eliza Lowes 114
Catherine Lowes 95
Emily Lowes 95

Lowes Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lewis 60% 587,574
2 Laws 60% 23,910
3 Lowes 100% 14,705
4 Lewes 80% 12,347
5 Lawes 80% 10,916
6 Lowis 80% 3,579
7 Lows 80% 1,429
8 Lawis 60% 1,266
9 Leweis 67% 790
10 Lewies 67% 691
11 Lews 60% 642
12 Elwis 40% 557
13 Elwes 60% 456
14 Lowse 60% 237
15 Lowas 80% 236
16 Lweis 60% 227
17 Looze 40% 131

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The surname Lowes is the 3rd most popular variant of Lewis.

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