The Lowrey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,607 people carried this name — #6,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,500 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Lowrey surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

From a pet form of the personal name Lawrence.

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

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Lowrey was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Northumberland: 14 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 714. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Lowry and Lowrey.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Northumberland 14
Durham 12

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Lowrey in American newspapers,
1889–1901.

Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Lowrey
The Providence News 1901-08-10
Newspaper page from The Iola Register carrying the name Lowrey
The Iola Register 1889-05-10
Newspaper page from The Logan County Banner carrying the name Lowrey
The Logan County Banner 1890-02-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,832 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Lowrey in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

5,838 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Lowrey. The most, 1,399, date from the 1930s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,091
Victoria 971
Queensland 898
Tasmania 381
Western Australia 310
South Australia 129
ACT (Canberra) 42
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Lowrey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mark Perrin Lowrey
    Mark Perrin Lowrey 1828–1885 · military personnel
  • Bill G. Lowrey
    Bill G. Lowrey 1862–1947 · politician
  • Fred Lowrey
    Fred Lowrey 1902–1968 · ice hockey player
  • Peanuts Lowrey
    Peanuts Lowrey 1917–1986 · actor
  • Joe Lowrey 1879–1948 · Australian rules football player
  • Eddie Lowrey 1891–1973 · ice hockey player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Lowrey,
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 States606 records

606 records of the Lowrey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 226
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 116
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 96
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 31
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Andrew L. Lowrey

    Born 1919 in Florida. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Blanding; welder from Polk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Riverview, Florida.

    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 Chubby Dean Lowrey

    Born 1948; from Columbia, Missouri. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1969 in Binh Thuan, 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 Jane Lowrey

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Albert Gallatin from Liverpool, aged 20; dressmaker. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 606 records for Lowrey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia169 records

169 records of the Lowrey name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 41
  • Tasmanian Names Index 41
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 38
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 33
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 15
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Alexander Lowrey

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the James Laing, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Saml Lowrey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Sacsusa, aged 32; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leon Lewis Lowrey

    Retired engineer of Croydon, Victoria; died 1968.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Lowrey in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada28 records

28 records of the Lowrey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 14
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Heather Joan Lowrey

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 60.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ellen E. Lowrey

    Died 1895 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 David Charles Lowrey

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 28 records for Lowrey in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Lowrey name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 5
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Rodger Lowrey

    Died 1989, aged 57; buried at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Martha Ann Lowrey

    Will proved in 1940; of Chester, Chester.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. C. Lowrey

    Corporal, Royal Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Lowrey in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with Lowrey.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Lowrey.

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