Last name: LOWER

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All you have to know about the last name LOWER

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LOWER : This last name is indexed 30,866 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

LOWER : 1: English: habitational name denoting residence by a (man-made) hill or mound from a derivative of Middle English low + -er a formation typical of Sussex and Surrey. It is sometimes suggested that it is a variant of Ewer with fused Old French definite article le but proof is lacking. See Low 1 and compare Lewer.2: English (Cornwall and Devon): perhaps an altered form of Lover.3: Americanized form of German Lauer. This name is found in PA.

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