Lowe
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English
Etymology
- As an English and Scottish surname, spelling variant of Low.
- As a German surname, spelling variant of Löwe, Loewe.
- As a Jewish surname/Yiddish surname, from German Löwe (“lion”).
- Also as a Jewish surname, Germanized from Levy.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lowe
- A surname.
- A place name:
- An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States.
- A township in Moultrie County, Illinois, United States.
- A hamlet in Wem Rural parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5030).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lowe is the 334th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 92,260 individuals. Lowe is most common among White (73.04%) and Black (19.35%) individuals.
See also
Verb
Lowe (third-person singular simple present Lowes, present participle Lowing, simple past and past participle Lowed)
- (MTE, slang) A slang term for "allow", means allow it. Ex: (leave it, forget or don't worry about it)
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lowe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.