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Low

in Pennsylvania

There are 206 people with the last name "Low" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Low 6,124
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  1. is 6,120th most common Horvat
  2. is 6,121st most common Hursh
  3. is 6,122nd most common Leap
  4. is 6,123rd most common Logsdon
  5. is 6,124th most common Low
  6. is 6,125th most common Mcconahy
  7. is 6,126th most common Mcveigh
  8. is 6,127th most common Meitzler
  9. is 6,128th most common Monte

Similar Names and Nicknames

Law, Lo, Loy, Lew, Loo, Lou, Loh, Loe, Loi, Loa

Most Common First Names for Low

Robert, James, David, Michael, Richard, Gale, Heather, Jason, John

Meaning & History

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Low

English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a tumulus, mound or hill, Middle English lowe, from Old English hlāw (see Law 2).

Scottish and English: nickname for a short man, from Middle English lah, lowe (Old Norse lágr; the word was adopted first into the northern dialects of Middle English, where Scandinavian influence was strong, and then spread south, with regular alteration of the vowel quality).

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for a violent or dangerous person, from Anglo-Norman French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (Latin lupus). Wolves were relatively common in Britain at the time when most surnames were formed, as there still existed large tracts of uncleared forest.

Scottish: from a pet form of Lawrence. Compare Lowry 1.

Americanized spelling of Jewish Lowe.

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