Ah Kow Surname
Approximately 191 people bear this surname
Ah Kow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 179 | 1:164,772 | 10,089 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Ah Kow (4,571) may also be a first name.
Ah Kow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Kow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ah Kow occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Kow? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ah Kow is the 1,222,957th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,154,691 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ah Kow are found; 97 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ah Kow is also the 101,607th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 4,571 people.
This last name is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 164,772. In Malaysia it is primarily concentrated in: Johor, where 25 percent live, Perak, where 15 percent live and Selangor, where 13 percent live. Barring Malaysia it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brunei, where 2 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ah Kiow | 92 | 62 | / |
| Ah Keow | 92 | 16 | / |
| Ahkow | 91 | 11 | / |
| Ah Kaw | 83 | 62 | / |
| Ah Kew | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ah-Kow | 83 | 6 | / |
| Ah Kiw | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ahkouw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ahkiow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ah Cow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akow | 80 | 150 | / |
| Ah Kiew | 77 | 61 | / |
| Ah Kiaw | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ah Khaw | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ah Khew | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ai Keow | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ah Keaw | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ah-Kiow | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ah Kaew | 77 | 0 | / |
| Yakow | 73 | 57 | / |
| Ahgow | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ahkaw | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ahkew | 73 | 5 | / |
| Akwow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akhow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aikow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ah Khiaw | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yackow | 67 | 40 | / |
| Yaikow | 67 | 22 | / |
| Akułow | 67 | 11 | / |
| Akwaow | 67 | 7 | / |
| A Kaew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aaokow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ou Kow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayekow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikeow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iyakow | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Ah Kow
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