Dirow Surname

538,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 597 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Dirow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dirow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia5881:22,8781,280
England41:13,929,515290,718
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dirow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dirow is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dirow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 538,780th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,206,945 people. Dirow occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dirow reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.

The surname is most commonly held in Somalia, where it is borne by 588 people, or 1 in 22,878. Barring Somalia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ditrow910/
Dhairow831/
Daairow831/
Dittrow830/
Derow8012,391/
Durow802,762/
Dirov8059/
Dürow807/
Dyrow805/
Diraw801/
Dirob801/
Deerow731,200/
Dairov73959/
Derrow73661/
Diroff73250/
Duurow73245/
Detrow73218/
Durrow7371/
Dirova7358/
Dierov7329/
Duhrow7315/
Derowe7312/
Diorov7310/
Dherow737/
Ditrov736/
Hdirov733/
Dirgov732/
Derouw732/
Diroev731/
Duroow731/
Dhurow731/
Derowa731/
Derhow731/
Deyrow731/
Diroph730/
Dairova671,441/
Dethrow67281/
Dieroff67193/
Dettrow6721/
Diorova6716/
Dheerow679/
Deiroff673/
Deeroow672/
Dairoff672/
Dherrow671/
Derrows671/
Dioroff671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dirow
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