Dunlow Surname

599,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 519 people bear this surname

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

Dunlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5181:699,72855,357
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Dunlow Last Name Facts

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

Dunlow occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunlow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dunlow is the 599,225th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 14,041,514 people. Dunlow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Dunlow live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Dunlow is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 699,728. In The United States Dunlow is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 58 percent are found, Virginia, where 30 percent are found and Florida, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found.

Dunlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dunlow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dunlow last name expanded 5,180 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dunlow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dunlow are 23.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the party.

Dunlow earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.7% less than the national average, earning $34,647 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donlow8396/
Dunlaw8314/
Dunlob831/
Dunlof831/
Dumlow831/
Dunlofe770/
Dunhlaw770/
Dunlofs770/
Donellow710/
Donlaw6727/
Dumlaw672/
Dunlaf670/
Dunlab670/
Dunlavt621/
Dunluff620/
Dunlaff620/
Dunlaph620/
Donellaw570/

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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 Dunlow
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