Allow Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Allow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Allow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia831:1,593,364105,506
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Allow (266) may also be a first name.

Allow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Allow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Allow is most common in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Allow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Allow is the 1,185,157th most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Allow are found; 48 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 41 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 545,281st most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 266 people.

The surname Allow is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 1,593,364. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: North Sulawesi, where 53 percent live, West Sumatra, where 20 percent live and Central Sulawesi, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Allow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Allow last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

Allow earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 14.58% more than the national average, earning R 272,280 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hallow91272/
Allouw9179/
Allowa9137/
Allowh9118/
Allowe9110/
Alliow913/
Allows911/
Alllow911/
Allowz911/
Alloww910/
Alow893,166/
Alliowe8398/
Gallouw8344/
Hallowe834/
Hallowa831/
Alloïwe831/
Galliow830/
Aliow806,474/
Alowa801,010/
Allaw80443/
Alouw80234/
Ellow80148/
Halow80130/
Alowe80123/
Aulow8015/
Allov8012/
Ahlow8012/
Ollow8011/
Aylow807/
Aloow807/
Alhow806/
Allob806/
Allof804/
Alowh802/
Aluow801/
Aloew801/
Algow801/
Aalow801/
Hollow731,912/
Alloub73558/
Hellow73159/
Halowa73157/
Allawe73116/
Hallof73111/
Haslow73103/
Gallov7383/
Haylow7370/
Allauw7363/
Gallof7355/
Healow7354/
Galouw7353/
Allouf7349/
Allofs7348/
Gahlow7327/
Aliowe7324/
Allawh7318/
Ollows7317/
Allova7315/
Allhof7310/
Halowe739/
Alloev738/
Hailow737/
Gajlow736/
Hallov735/
Alloph735/
Allotf735/
Hallaw734/
Hatlow734/
Ollowa734/
Alloff733/
Alloof731/
Auhlow731/
Aslowt731/
Galowh731/
Hallob731/
Ollowe731/
Ailowa731/
Alouwe731/
Alowsh731/
Aloïwe731/
Alliaw731/
Allofe731/
Aaloow731/
Uillow731/
Auslow730/
Alloft730/
Easlow730/
Elliow730/
Olow6710,773/
Alob672,416/
Halloub671,240/
Alov67599/
Alaw67544/
Allhoff67305/
Alof67138/
Gallova67120/
Elow67112/
Halloff6744/
Hollowe6731/
Hallauw6721/
Hollowa6711/
Hallova6710/
Aluw679/
Hallouf673/
Hallawe672/
Galloph671/
Halloob671/
Hallovs671/
Gallhof671/
Aillovd671/
Ahalowa671/
Allouff671/
Osillow671/
Halloof671/
Gallauw671/
Hauslow670/
Galloff670/
Allhopf670/
Goollow670/
Hallaws670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Allow
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