Barlow Surname
Approximately 84,616 people bear this surname
Barlow Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Barlow,' near Manchester. The Lancashire Barlows spring from Barlow Hale and Barlow Moor, near Manchester. The name has ramified in an extraordinary manner. Barlow is also a parish in Derbyshire, near Chesterfield, but nearly all our Barlows trace back to the neighbourhood of Manchester.
Read More About This SurnameBarlow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41,848 | 1:8,661 | 1,045 |
| England | 24,194 | 1:2,303 | 292 |
| Australia | 7,643 | 1:3,532 | 499 |
| Canada | 3,345 | 1:11,015 | 1,648 |
| South Africa | 2,110 | 1:25,677 | 3,279 |
| New Zealand | 1,709 | 1:2,650 | 376 |
| Wales | 944 | 1:3,278 | 354 |
| Scotland | 802 | 1:6,676 | 1,040 |
| Ireland | 252 | 1:18,686 | 1,986 |
| Northern Ireland | 189 | 1:9,762 | 1,559 |
| France | 169 | 1:393,034 | 57,995 |
| Spain | 121 | 1:386,380 | 21,365 |
| Thailand | 115 | 1:614,246 | 104,344 |
| India | 104 | 1:7,375,629 | 160,209 |
| Guyana | 86 | 1:8,863 | 1,398 |
| Isle of Man | 82 | 1:1,047 | 161 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| Brazil | 47 | 1:4,554,773 | 120,089 |
| Chile | 47 | 1:374,819 | 10,292 |
| Belgium | 38 | 1:302,543 | 35,124 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Jersey | 36 | 1:2,756 | 488 |
| Denmark | 34 | 1:166,021 | 14,242 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Malaysia | 30 | 1:983,141 | 44,226 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 1:675,487 | 54,943 |
| Switzerland | 24 | 1:342,205 | 26,446 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Jamaica | 20 | 1:143,497 | 5,007 |
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Ecuador | 17 | 1:935,638 | 14,108 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Cayman Islands | 14 | 1:4,564 | 572 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Hong Kong | 13 | 1:564,268 | 3,428 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 12 | 1:113,665 | 7,200 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Japan | 8 | 1:15,980,537 | 47,042 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 1:26,559,462 | 17,284 |
| Falkland Islands | 6 | 1:522 | 125 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Ghana | 3 | 1:9,006,897 | 23,626 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 349 | 1:12,693 | 1,708 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15,924 | 1:1,531 | 189 |
| Wales | 169 | 1:9,281 | 569 |
| Scotland | 129 | 1:29,017 | 2,526 |
| Isle of Man | 11 | 1:4,934 | 490 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,551 | 1:6,651 | 834 |
Barlow (465) may also be a first name.
Barlow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Barlow,' near Manchester. The Lancashire Barlows spring from Barlow Hale and Barlow Moor, near Manchester. The name has ramified in an extraordinary manner. Barlow is also a parish in Derbyshire, near Chesterfield, but nearly all our Barlows trace back to the neighbourhood of Manchester. The Barlows of Barlow Hale (whence William Barlow, bishop of Lincoln, born about 1550) were seated there so early as 20 Ric. II. The first entry below probably represents Barlow, a chapelry in the parish of Brayton, West Riding Yorkshire.
Johannes de Berlowe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1584. Henry Barlow, Derbyshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1583. George Barlow, of Manchester, baker: Wills at Chester.
1304. Ottiwell Barlow, of Heaton Norris: ibid.
1620. Sir Alex. Barlow, of Barlow: ibid.
1656. Married — John Barlow and Mary Tolley: St. Dionis Backchurch.
(English) belonging to Barlow = 1 the Bare Hill. [Old English bær + hlœw] 2 Bera’s Tumulus. [Anglo-Saxon *Beran- hlœw-Beran-, genit. of Bera = bear] 3 the Boar-Hill. [Old English bár + hlœw] Roger de Barlowe, A.D. 1336.— Lanc. Fines.
Place name near Manchester.
(English) One who came from Barlow (barley hill or clearing), the name of places in Derbyshire and Lancashire.
Townships in cos. York and Derby.
A location name in Derbyshire, Yorkshire.
The Lancashire Barlows included an ancient knightly family of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, in the 16th and 17th centuries, and carried their pedigree back to the reign of Edward I.; the Bishop of Lincoln in the year 1610 belonged to this family (B.).
Barlow Demographics
Average Barlow Salary in
United States
$42,800 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Barlow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barlow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barlow (Arabic: بارلو, Hindi: बार्लो, Marathi: बारलु, Oriya: ବାରେଲା) is found most in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Barlow? popularity and diffusion
Barlow is the 6,680th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 86,125 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Barlow live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America. Barlow is also the 395,119th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 465 people.
This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 41,848 people, or 1 in 8,661. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 7 percent are found and Georgia, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 104 countries. It is also found in England, where 29 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.
Barlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Barlow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 554 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 152 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 559 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 622 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 28 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Barlow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Barlow surname is chiefly Catholic (72%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Barlow last name are 14.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.68% being registered with the party.
The amount Barlow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning 384,241 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 83.03% more than the national average, earning R 434,952 per year; in United States they earn 0.81% less than the national average, earning $42,800 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.36% more than the national average, earning $50,855 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barlowe | 92 | 728 | / |
| Barrlow | 92 | 4 | / |
| Barllow | 92 | 3 | / |
| Barloww | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bearlow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Baerlow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bharlow | 92 | 1 | / |
| Basrlow | 92 | 0 | / |
| Bharlowa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Barlov | 83 | 492 | / |
| Berlow | 83 | 304 | / |
| Barlaw | 83 | 88 | / |
| Borlow | 83 | 14 | / |
| Barlof | 83 | 3 | / |
| Barlowová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Barlova | 77 | 48 | / |
| Barloub | 77 | 10 | / |
| Barlyov | 77 | 6 | / |
| Barlaws | 77 | 1 | / |
| Borleow | 77 | 0 | / |
| Barillov | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bearlova | 71 | 0 | / |
| Berlov | 67 | 871 | / |
| Varlov | 67 | 119 | / |
| Borlov | 67 | 67 | / |
| Berlof | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vorlow | 67 | 9 | / |
| Barillova | 67 | 9 | / |
| Barlav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Barłów | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baharloob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Barlaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Borlaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Berlaw | 67 | 0 | / |
Barlow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barlow in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାରେଲା | barela | - |
| Barlow in the Marathi language | ||
| बारलु | baralu | 69.23 |
| बारलू | baralu | 15.38 |
| बारलो | baralo | 15.38 |
| Barlow in the Hindi language | ||
| बार्लो | barlo | 50 |
| बारलो | baralo | 33.33 |
| वार्लो | varlo | 16.67 |
| Barlow in the Arabic language | ||
| بارلو | barlw | - |
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Barlow Reference & Research
Ainsworth Barlows - The history of the Barlow family of Ainsworth, Lancashire.
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