Lowndes
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English
Etymology
Patronymic from Lown.
Proper noun
Lowndes (countable and uncountable, plural Lowndeses)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lowndes is the 39486th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 557 individuals. Lowndes is most common among White (77.92%) and Black/African American (14.36%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lowndes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.