Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
LOWRY
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
LOWRY. Frequently written Lewry, In Normandy there are two places called Lorei — one in the arroudissement of Evreux, the other in the Cotentin. At the making of Domesday, Hugh de Luri held lands in capite, CO. Dorset. Another Norman patriarch, William Leurie, (without the territorial prefix) was a tenant in chief in cos. Oxon, Glouc, and Essex. But see Lowrie. Some Lowrys claim descent from the Scottish family of Laurie, of Maxwelton, near Dumfries, whose name was variously written Laurie, Lawrey, Lawrj', Lowry, Lowrey, and Lowray. B.L.G.
Origin: Celtic
Region of origin: British Isles
Country of origin: Ireland
Religion of origin: Christian
Language of origin: Gaelic