Barlow Forename

395,119th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 465 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Barlow Forename Definition:

A Celtic name, meaning: A low-growing branch.

Barlow Forename Distribution

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
3221:1,125,89122,658
Canada
100%
281:1,183,33522,004
Jamaica-141:205,9456,774
Australia-121:1,138,13512,831
England
100%
111:5,054,81145,959
Philippines
100%
91:11,778,831158,973
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
China-81:170,756,97372,230
South Africa
100%
81:6,816,581127,931
India
87%
 
71:173,553,9961,904,752
Zimbabwe
100%
71:2,203,40259,073
Uganda
75%
 
61:6,826,15353,479
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Lebanon
50%
 
41:1,406,89310,167
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
Nigeria
100%
21:88,782,180420,186
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Germany
100%
11:96,677,87695,912
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
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Barlow (84,616) may also be a surname.

Barlow Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Celtic name, meaning: A low-growing branch.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Barlow Forename Popularity

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Barlow Demographics

Barlow Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 2 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barlowe9227/
Barllow923/
Berlow835/
Barlof832/
Borlow831/
Barlaw831/
Barlov831/
Barlawe771/
Barliaw771/
Buarlaw771/
Berlaw672/
Berlhof628/
Bharlab621/
Barlabh621/
Braulyw621/
Barllabh571/
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Footnotes

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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Barlow