Astow Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Astow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Astow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Astow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Astow is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Astow? popularity and diffusion

Astow is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Astow live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Astow is most numerous in: Georgia, where 50 percent live and North Carolina, where 50 percent live. Other than The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 33 percent live.

Astow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Astow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Astow last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eastow913/
Ashtow910/
Atow896/
Haustow839/
Atowa80352/
Athow80162/
Ostow8056/
Astov8033/
Attow8019/
Astaw8014/
Ahtow8012/
Estow808/
Hatow803/
Aitow801/
Eatow801/
Astof801/
Atouw801/
Autow801/
Aistov73534/
Astawe73171/
Atthow7350/
Aystov7347/
Astova7347/
Hatowa7335/
Astofe7324/
Haitow7315/
Attowa7314/
Gahtow7311/
Hattow7310/
Hastov739/
Astoff739/
Hautow735/
Gattow734/
Gastov733/
Astoev733/
Gostow733/
Autoiw733/
Austov732/
Ostows732/
Oustow731/
Astouf731/
Ostowe731/
Ashtov731/
Heatow730/
Eastof730/
Eustow730/
Hostow730/
Atof675,083/
Atov671,167/
Aistova67556/
Gashtov67132/
Austhof67116/
Haustov67101/
Aystova6758/
Ataw6753/
Atob6728/
Asthoff6723/
Otow6718/
Hastova6712/
Haxthow6712/
Austova677/
Hashtov675/
Gasthof674/
Asthova673/
Gaustov673/
Haustof672/
Aistoff671/
Hoystow671/
Hattowa671/
Gaistof671/
Hastoft671/
Aistovs671/
Haitowa671/
Aistoov671/
Houstow670/
Hastopf670/
Eastoff670/

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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 Astow
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