as a Last Name
- 4,417
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Lowther
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place in Cumbria, so called from the river on which it stands. The place name is of obscure etymology, perhaps of ancient Welsh origin (compare Lauder), or from Old Norse lauðr ‘froth’, ‘foam’ + á ‘river’.
| 7,574th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,417
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Lowther per capita
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