Low

12,132 people in the United States were counted with the surname Low in the 2020 census, making it the 2,892nd most common in the country. That is about one person in 24,600.

By the numbers

People: 12,132
Rank: 2,892nd
How common: 1 in 24,600
Per 100,000: 4.1

Where the name comes from

As an English and Scottish surname, from the obsolete noun low (“mound, barrow”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Low described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 57.7%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 29.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
Black, not Hispanic 2.1%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Low

Joachim Löw (born 1960)German footballer and manager
Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927)founder of the Girl Scouts
Edward Low (1690–1724)English pirate
G. David Low (1956–2008)American astronaut
Andy Fairweather Low (born 1948)Welsh singer and guitarist
Zsolt Lőw (born 1979)Hungarian association football player
Frederick Low (1828–1894)Governor of California
Jho Low (born 1981)Malaysian fugitive conman

People named Low with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Low

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.