Arlow Surname

289,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Arlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5221:103,78912,546
United States2511:1,444,05999,074
England1941:287,20622,180
Northern Ireland1261:14,6432,016
Australia741:364,80730,412
Canada691:533,99444,923
Scotland271:198,29010,618
Ireland141:336,35312,021
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1101:40,2723,669
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland301:124,7745,666
England231:1,059,79941,508
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Arlow (172) may also be a first name.

Arlow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Arlow occurs most in South Africa. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arlow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Arlow is the 289,833rd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 5,512,516 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Arlow live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 696,764th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 172 people.

The surname Arlow is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 522 people, or 1 in 103,789. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 49 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 16 percent reside and North West, where 11 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent reside and England, where 15 percent reside.

Arlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Arlow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Arlow surname grew 1,476 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 843 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 10 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 87 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Arlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (48%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Arlow last name are 35.34% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.57% registered with the political party.

The amount Arlow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.24% more than the national average, earning R 416,436 per year; in United States they earn 15.56% more than the national average, earning $49,865 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.17% more than the national average, earning $54,240 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harlow9122,252/
Arlowe9144/
Ahrlow913/
Earlow913/
Harlowe83492/
Haarlow8360/
Harrlow832/
Harllow832/
Hearlow830/
Arlov80870/
Orlow80836/
Arlof8014/
Erlow800/
D'Harlow771/
Arlova73217/
Harlov73118/
Arloff7372/
Garlov7365/
Orlowa7347/
Gorlow7342/
Orlowe7328/
Herlow7318/
Orleow7315/
Ehrlow7314/
Airlaw738/
Harlof736/
Harlaw734/
Garlaw733/
Horlow733/
Ayrlov731/
Garłow731/
Garlof730/
Harloff671,610/
Garloff67274/
Harlova6792/
Harlyov6760/
Garlova6739/
Arlehov674/
Harlovs673/
Haarlov673/
Hayrlov672/
Horlowa671/
Goorlow671/
Erellow671/

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Arlow Reference & Research

Harlow DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Harlow FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Arlow
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