Where Does the Löwenstein Surname Come From?

Ancestors listed as Löwenstein are often found as Loewenstein a generation earlier. The family name meaning is “Lion stone”, the same as for Loewenstein.

• Before spelling was fixed, Loewenstein was also written Löwenstein.
• About 1,720 people in the United States were recorded as Löwenstein in 2010, placing it 16,652 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 25,000 US surnames.

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