Frequency: (274)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Anglicized spelling (in the 17th century) of German or Jewish Loewe.
FOREBEARS: Peter Lurvy, the immigrant ancestor of this family, was in Ipswich, MA, by 1679.
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