de Fouw Surname

529,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Fouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Fouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5371:31,4475,215
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Ireland151:313,92910,911
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Fouw Last Name Facts

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

de Fouw is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of de Fouw.

How Common Is The Last Name de Fouw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 529,538th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 11,927,244 people. The surname de Fouw occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of de Fouw reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 537 people, or 1 in 31,447. In The Netherlands de Fouw is primarily found in: Zeeland, where 29 percent live, South Holland, where 27 percent live and North Holland, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Ireland, where 2 percent live.

de Fouw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Fouw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the de Fouw last name rose 1,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Fouw Last Name Statistics demography

de Fouw earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.47% more than the national average, earning R 383,712 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Fiouw9326/
Defouw92323/
de Fauw86406/
de Fauwe8010/
Defauw77915/
Defeuw771/
de Few771/
Defieuw71108/
de Faiw711/
Defew6783/
Devow6716/
Defaw673/
Devuw671/
de Faf621/
de Vof621/
des Vof571/
de Pfaff5328/

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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 de Fouw
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