Bouw Surname

133,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Bouw Surname User-submission:

The Bouw surname means 'build' in Dutch.

Bouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,3501:7,186841
Indonesia3711:356,46730,784
South Africa1651:328,35030,751
Canada1641:224,66821,579
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Belgium1041:110,54516,500
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
France101:6,642,272293,169
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
England41:13,929,515290,718
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Bouw (60) may also be a first name.

Bouw Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Bouw surname means 'build' in Dutch.

- bouwandrew

Bouw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮ, Tibetan: སྦཝ།) is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 133,767th most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,163,118 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Bouw are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bouw is also the 1,270,172nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 60 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2,350 people, or 1 in 7,186. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 43 percent live, North Brabant, where 17 percent live and South Holland, where 9 percent live. Beside The Netherlands Bouw occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 5 percent live.

Bouw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bouw surname are 17.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Bouw earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30.02% more than the national average, earning R 308,988 per year; in United States they earn 7.33% less than the national average, earning $39,988 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.89% less than the national average, earning $44,770 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouwe891,341/
Bouws89282/
Bow865,873/
Buw8632/
Bouewe808/
Bowe7517,435/
Bowa7514,652/
Bauw752,445/
Boub75981/
Bouf75744/
Buwe75267/
Bhow75236/
Boow75138/
Boew7524/
Bowh759/
Bouv753/
Buiw752/
Bowt752/
Buyw751/
Boww751/
Boyw751/
Bujw751/
Bovw751/
Bowp751/
Bowf751/
Buwt751/
Buew750/
Boihauw731/
Bayow671,637/
Bauwe67265/
Biyow67245/
Bhowa67208/
Bowsz6720/
Beuwe6720/
Boufe6715/
Buowe6715/
Bouff6713/
Boiwe6710/
Boyow6710/
Bouev679/
Bhauw679/
Bouef678/
Buyaw678/
Bajow677/
Bojew677/
Bowhe676/
Bowth675/
Boyaw675/
Buiwe674/
Boowe674/
Boueb674/
Bowch672/
Bousf672/
Bowew672/
Bujew672/
Boywe672/
Bajuw671/
Buchw671/
Buhwe671/
Bujwe671/
Bowpp671/
Bowsh671/
Boows671/
Bhoyw671/
Boiaw671/
Bochw671/
Beuow671/
Bujaw671/
Bojwe671/
Baiow671/
Buwsh671/
Buuwe671/
Bouvt670/
Bushw670/

Bouw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﻮabw-
Bouw in the Tibetan language
སྦཝ།bawa-

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