Bilows Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Bilows Surname User-submission:

Billowes - is unique, I believe, I have never found one who is not related. It seems to be derived from Billows in the following way. My 4-greats grandfather signed his name with a great flourishing loop on the back end of the "w", which can easily be read as an "e".

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Bilows Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada61:6,140,932260,641

Bilows Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Billowes - is unique, I believe, I have never found one who is not related. It seems to be derived from Billows in the following way. My 4-greats grandfather signed his name with a great flourishing loop on the back end of the "w", which can easily be read as an "e". About half his kids used the "e" and the others did not.

Billows is tougher. I did a search of the complete UK phone directory some years ago and there were 180 Billows and about half of them lived in the Southampton area which is very close to the Bournemouth/Poole area which appears to be the seat of the Bellows in the 18th century from whom I can trace my ancestors. This suggests that most are related to me but there may be multiple origins.

Nobody can be sure of the origins. I have cordwainers and blacksmiths on my tree, which suggests the origin of some of the Bellows is trade-related.

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Bilows Demographics

Average Bilows Salary in
United States

$61,875 USD

Per year
Rank:
174,119 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.90202E-6
Rank: 826,647 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
143.39%
Sample size: 4 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Bilows Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bilows is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bilows click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bilows? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Bilows are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 51,779,848. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 100 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 46 percent live.

Bilows Last Name Statistics demography

Bilows earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bilouws924/
Belows8324/
Bilowz8322/
Builovs7710/
Beloows773/
Bailovs771/
Belhows770/
Belovs67742/
Bilavs6724/
Vilovs672/
Belaws671/
Belews671/
Belowch6222/
Belovss621/
Beloffs621/
Belovsova5327/
Belavs502/
Vilavs501/
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