Last Name LOWTHER

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Meaning	Local: Of Lowther, a parish in countyCumberland. In the Household Books of Lord William Howard of Naworth Castle the name is spelt variously as Lowther, Louther, Lowder, and Louder.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	7,790 (2000 US census)	7,595 (1990 US census)

Count	3,935 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.44%, or 3559 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.74%, or 226 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.81%, or 32 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 44 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 60 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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