Brow Surname

139,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Brow Surname Definition:

Local. John Brow, bailie of Aberdeen, 1362 (REA., I, p. 104). Edward Brow is recorded there, 1546 (CRA,, p. 238), and John Brow in Chapeltown, parish of Bendochy, 1653 (Dunblane). Thomson Brow died In Leith 1941.

Brow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1531:168,35117,052
Canada4341:84,8989,423
England1161:480,32831,110
Australia891:303,32226,493
Brazil571:3,755,690104,031
United States Virgin Islands401:2,759470
Liberia341:129,6639,726
Scotland341:157,4659,168
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Indonesia251:5,289,968246,176
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Ireland141:336,35312,021
China131:105,178,5825,529
Taiwan131:1,803,44211,840
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
India71:109,580,769786,157
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland301:147,6628,013
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1381:176,63314,719
Scotland381:98,5064,956
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9721:51,6655,847

Brow (125) may also be a first name.

Brow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. John Brow, bailie of Aberdeen, 1362 (REA., I, p. 104). Edward Brow is recorded there, 1546 (CRA,, p. 238), and John Brow in Chapeltown, parish of Bendochy, 1653 (Dunblane). Thomson Brow died In Leith 1941.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Brow Last Name Facts

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

Brow is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 139,848th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,281,636 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Brow are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 832,731st most widespread given name on earth It is held by 125 people.

The last name Brow is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,153 people, or 1 in 168,351. In The United States Brow is most frequent in: Michigan, where 17 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 55 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Brow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Brow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 222 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 16 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 53 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Brow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Brow surname is predominantly Catholic (93%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Brow surname are 0.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.05% registered with the party.

The amount Brow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.19% less than the national average, earning R 56,592 per year; in Colombia they earn 64.77% more than the national average, earning $37,406,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 2.82% less than the national average, earning $41,931 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.16% less than the national average, earning $46,127 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Browe89616/
Browa89435/
Brouw89207/
Browh8912/
Broww897/
Browt892/
Broew891/
Bruow891/
Broow891/
Brrow891/
Brouws8045/
Browsh8019/
Brouwe807/
Brrows804/
Brochw802/
Browsz801/
Brousw801/
Browhe801/
Browth801/
Brrowe801/
Browch800/
Brob75387/
Braw75175/
Brov7597/
Brof7529/
Vrow752/
Bruw750/
Browsch731/
Brrouwz731/
Brova67702/
Broev67274/
Broff67125/
Broft6756/
Brawe6742/
Brauw6717/
Braaw676/
Bhraw672/
Brouf672/
Broph672/
Brahw671/
Bruwh671/
Broof671/
Brozf671/
Bruov671/
Broiv671/
Braws671/
Brofe671/
Brgov671/
Brzov671/
Broob671/
Brawh670/
Brovt670/
Brgaw670/

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