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The lowe Surname

lowe Name Meaning and History

  1. English and Scottish: variant spelling of Low.
  2. German (Löwe): see Loewe.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic; Löwe): ornamental name from German Löwe ‘lion’.
  4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Germanized form of Levy.

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Distribution of lowe Families in the US in 1920
Number of lowe families
 317-631
 106-316
 1-105
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