Colow Surname

336,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,095 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somaliland

Colow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia7351:18,3021,119
Somaliland3361:10,417639
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Colow (481) may also be a first name.

Colow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Colow is most common in Somalia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Colow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 336,565th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,655,293 people. Colow occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Colow live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 387,696th most common forename on earth, borne by 481 people.

The surname Colow is most numerous in Somalia, where it is held by 735 people, or 1 in 18,302. Barring Somalia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 31 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Colow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Colow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Colow Last Name Statistics demography

Colow earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.9% less than the national average, earning $28,089 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cotlow9149/
Collow9139/
Cholow9119/
Coloow911/
Coolow911/
Colowa911/
Coulow910/
Collows832/
Coyllow831/
Chollow831/
Cottlow830/
Cosllow830/
Cootlow830/
Calow801,296/
Colaw80449/
Kolow8044/
Colov8030/
Colob8027/
Zolow802/
Culow801/
Szczolow773/
Callow736,915/
Kolowa731,146/
Kolowe73248/
Cholov7370/
Coslov7358/
Kotlow7358/
Chalow7358/
Coloff7354/
Coloev7331/
Calowa7329/
Kollow7324/
Colova7317/
Collov7315/
Kolouw7315/
Cotlov7310/
Coolov736/
Coliof734/
Cullow734/
Coolaw733/
Kohlow732/
Coluiw732/
Kholow731/
Colhof731/
Collof731/
Calhow731/
Collob731/
Colovs731/
Tzolow731/
Colaaw731/
Caelow731/
Coolof730/
Colgaw730/
Coulaw730/
Calowe730/
Cuslow730/
Cutlow730/
Coscellow711/
Cootellow710/
Kholowa674,654/
Collova67737/
Kothlow67320/
Colloff67258/
Kollowa67111/
Colhoff67102/
Cholova6789/
Calllow6737/
Koulowa6716/
Kottlow6715/
Kholowe6710/
Khoylow675/
Tsolowa674/
Callowa674/
Challow674/
Choloff673/
Cholyov673/
Choulov673/
Cuthlow673/
Kolouwe671/
Koslowf671/
Calossw671/
Choulaw671/
Chaliow671/
Coelhof671/
Hgcolaw671/
Colahaw671/
Colloub671/
Colliov671/
Cathlow671/
Cholhov671/
Koulowe671/
Koslows671/
Cuttlow670/
Coolhof670/
Causlow670/
Cattlow670/

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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 Colow
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