Alow Surname
Approximately 3,166 people bear this surname
Alow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,239 | 1:37,272 | 3,985 |
| Indonesia | 849 | 1:155,771 | 15,234 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Somalia | 441 | 1:30,504 | 1,579 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1:136,398 | 7,940 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Alow (1,541) may also be a first name.
Alow Demographics
Alow Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Alow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alow is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alow? popularity and diffusion
Alow is the 140,881st most frequently held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,301,815 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Alow live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 49 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Alow is also the 197,526th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 1,541 people.
The last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 1,239 people, or 1 in 37,272. In Kenya Alow is most prevalent in: Mandera County, where 67 percent are found, Wajir County, where 24 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya Alow is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 14 percent are found.
Alow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Alow last name is primarily Muslim (82%) in Kenya.
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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 Alow
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