Brownlow family name meaning
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Brownlow Surname
87,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 5,489 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Brownlow Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at the Brown Hill or (Burial) Mound [Old English brún + hlœw]
Brownlow (89) may also be a first name.
Brownlow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate?Brownlow family name meaning
meaning and history
(English) Dweller at the Brown Hill or (Burial) Mound [Old English brún + hlœw]
— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
(English) Dweller at the brown hill or burial mound.
— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
Local: "the brown eminence." See Low and Law.
— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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See Cust. 2. The Brownlows, Lords Lurgan (originally ‘Chamberlain’), bear the arms of the De Tankervilles, Chamberlains of Normandy. See Cha