The Lowder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,449 people carried this name — #6,271 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,189 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lowder surname

An English surname, a variant of Lowther.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Lowder» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Lowther’.

His entry covers Lowther and Lowder.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 498 · public domain.

In print

Lowder in American newspapers,
1870–1871.

Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Lowder
The New Hampshire Gazette 1870-12-31
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Lowder
Daily Kennebec Journal 1870-12-31
Newspaper page from West-jersey Pioneer carrying the name Lowder
West-jersey Pioneer 1871-01-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Lowder in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

471 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lowder. The most, 79, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 232
Victoria 81
Queensland 65
South Australia 53
Western Australia 25
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lowder.

Who carried it

People named Lowder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elizabeth Mary Lowder Lowder d. 1992
  • Samuel Lowder 1813–1891 · military personnel
  • Lucy Windsor Alcock 1813–1899 · botanical collector
  • Julia Lowder 1840–1919 · teacher
  • Arthur Lowder 1863–1926 · association football player
  • Tom Lowder 1924–1999 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lowder,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States266 records

266 records of the Lowder name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Emil Lowder

    Born 1900 in Indiana. Enlisted 1941 at San Francisco, California; waiter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1954, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ricky Norman Lowder

    Born 1951; from China Grove, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Lowder

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the John R Skiddy from Liverpool, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 266 records for Lowder in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Lowder name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Arthur Lowder

    Arrived in Victoria in 1884 aboard the Cuzco, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Lowder

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1840 aboard the Mona from Portland Bay.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Samuel Lowder

    Left Hobart Town in 1858 aboard the Sir William Wallace, bound for Melbourne, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Lowder in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Lowder name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record George Frederick Lowder

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Lowder name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Michel Lowder

    Born 1930; died 1987 in Lesneven (Finistère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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