Bülow Surname

76,993rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Bülow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bülow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,6881:17,1732,265
Denmark1,0141:5,567513
Sweden5901:16,6891,421
Norway201:257,11427,149
Austria111:774,13064,097
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
England21:27,859,030389,889
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

The alternate forms: Bulow (2,277) are calculated separately.

Bülow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bülow is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Bulow. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bülow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 76,993rd most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,146,021 people. Bülow occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Bülow reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Bülow is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 4,688 people, or 1 in 17,173. In Germany Bülow is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 16 percent reside and Sweden, where 9 percent reside.

Bülow Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Bülow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.58% less than the national average, earning 306,016 kr per year and in South Africa they earn 274.18% more than the national average, earning R 889,188 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulow932,277/
Bühlow918/
Büllow913/
Bolow8050/
Bülov8023/
Buelow732,843/
Bolowa731,147/
Bollow73880/
Buulow73196/
Bulowa7365/
Bielow7357/
Bullow7356/
Bulouw7318/
Boelow7317/
Beulow7310/
Butlow7310/
Buslow738/
Büloff732/
Boloow731/
Əbülov731/
Bolouw731/
Bülhoff67102/
Buehlow6741/
Boehlow6738/
Bullowa679/
Boulouw671/
Boutlow670/
Biehlow670/
Bautlow670/

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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
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  • 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 Bülow
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