Eow Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Eow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia3391:87,0046,074
Thailand981:720,799118,830
Singapore171:323,98313,856
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Eow (533) may also be a first name.

Eow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Eow is found most in Malaysia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Eow is the 655,080th most widespread family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Eow are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 74 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Eow is also the 365,345th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 533 people.

Eow is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 87,004. In Malaysia it is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 61 percent reside, Kedah, where 21 percent reside and Penang, where 12 percent reside. Other than Malaysia this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 21 percent reside and Singapore, where 4 percent reside.

Eow Last Name Statistics demography

Eow earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 88.01% more than the national average, earning $81,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eyow86212/
Heow8641/
Eowa866/
Eeow863/
Ehow862/
Eowe862/
Ieow861/
Eiow861/
Eowh861/
Yeouw759/
Ehowa756/
Heowa752/
Heowe751/
Eowss751/
Eowwf751/
Gehow751/
Jeeow751/
Yow678,411/
Jow672,808/
Eof6734/
Eob6710/
Iow679/
Heaowa675/
Jeehow674/
Eov673/
Heyhow671/

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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 Eow
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