Flow Surname

231,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Liberia

Flow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8091:448,03338,416
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Dominican Republic1001:104,3294,466
Liberia641:68,8835,877
Colombia351:1,364,97310,441
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
England201:2,785,90397,972
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
India171:45,121,493474,784
Australia171:1,587,98278,599
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Malaysia141:2,106,73083,604
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
France141:4,744,480251,814
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
China81:170,915,1968,932
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Belize11:355,4743,977
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Malta11:430,2723,380
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2341:214,61018,363

The alternate forms: Flôw (1) are calculated separately.

Flow (2,848) may also be a first name.

Flow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flow occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Flôw. For other potential spellings of Flow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 231,065th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,164,312 people. The last name Flow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Flow are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 136,419th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,848 people.

Flow is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 809 people, or 1 in 448,033. In The United States Flow is most common in: North Carolina, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 15 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Flow occurs in 80 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 23 percent live and The Dominican Republic, where 6 percent live.

Flow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Flow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Flow surname rose 346 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Flow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Flow surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Flow surname are 20.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.9% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Flow earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.41% less than the national average, earning $39,952 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.75% more than the national average, earning $56,019 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flôw921/
Flowe891,097/
Flouw89160/
Flowa894/
Flowz891/
Floow891/
Flohw890/
Fhlow890/
Fellow80698/
Fillow8053/
Flowsh801/
Flaw759/
Flov756/
Flob753/
Flof751/
Fillyow7317/
Fellowa731/
Fellowe730/
Flaws67893/
Flauw67154/
Flawe674/
Flova674/
Floev673/
Flouf672/
Flofs671/
Floof671/
Floyf671/
Flahw671/
Floph671/
Flovd671/
Fillouwe671/
Ffellows671/
Flohb671/
Flofe670/
Floff670/

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Flow Reference & Research

Flow/Flowe/Flough FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Flow
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