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The lowen Surname

lowen Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant of Lewin 1.
  2. This name is also found in the Netherlands, and in Sweden as Löwen, Löwén, Lövén, in both cases presumably derived from the German surname Löwe (see Loewe), although the Swedish forms could equally be ornamental names from löv ‘leaf’.

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Distribution of lowen Families in the US in 1840
Number of lowen families
 4-6
 2-3
 1
 0
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