Flows Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Singapore

Flows Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Flows Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Flows Last Name Facts

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

Flows is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Flows? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Flows are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Niger, where 100 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Singapore, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flowsh911/
Fellows8322,680/
Fillows830/
Flaws80893/
Flofs801/
Flowz801/
Flews801/
Flobs800/
Fellowsh774/
Ffellows771/
Flawse7324/
Villows671/
Vellows671/
Fellaws671/
Fellews670/
Phellows624/
Fleewz555/
Flav's551/
Fillavs503/
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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 Flows
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