The Lowrance surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,557 people carried this name — #9,175 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,347 in 2000.

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In print

Lowrance in American newspapers,
1922–1926.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Lowrance
The Washington Times 1926-12-08
Newspaper page from The Osceola Times carrying the name Lowrance
The Osceola Times 1922-11-03
Newspaper page from The Osceola Times carrying the name Lowrance
The Osceola Times 1922-11-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,804 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lowrance in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1930s.

41 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lowrance. The most, 15, date from the 1860s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 17
New South Wales 10
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 4
South Australia 2
Queensland 1

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

Who carried it

People named Lowrance,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Vernon L. Lowrance
    Vernon L. Lowrance 1909–1995 · military officer
  • Edward W. Lowrance 1908–1997 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lowrance,
in the records of the United States.

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 States146 records

146 records of the Lowrance name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 105
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leon Lowrance

    Born 1915 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1941 at Oklahoma City; animal from Pushmataha County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at East Hill Cemetery, Roff, Oklahoma.

    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 James H. Lowrance

    Born 1931; from Rutherford County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Sidney Lowrance

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1890, died 1960; buried at Bay Pines National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 146 records for Lowrance in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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