Meaning & History
The surname is prominent. The earliest time this name is scene is when a grandchild of man named James Lowery is called James Lowry in the 1700s. This name was self-identified as an Indian Name in the Robeson County, North Carolina 1900 census. This was the name of Lumbee named Henry Berry Lowry (1845-1872?) who led a gang called the Lowry gang.