Fow Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Peru

Fow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2451:1,479,424101,022
Peru781:407,48912,924
England211:2,653,24194,788
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

Fow (370) may also be a first name.

Fow Last Name Facts

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

Fow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fow.

How Common Is The Last Name Fow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 770,644th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 89 percent of Fow reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Fow is also the 451,716th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 370 people.

Fow is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 245 people, or 1 in 1,479,424. In The United States it is most numerous in: Kentucky, where 23 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 21 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Fow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 245 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fow surname are 30.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.81% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Fow earn in different countries varies significantly. In Peru they earn 20.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 15,325 per year; in United States they earn 5.18% more than the national average, earning $45,383 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.08% more than the national average, earning $52,702 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fowe86802/
Fowa86478/
Fouw86163/
Foiw865/
Fohw864/
Vfow863/
Fowh861/
Fowt861/
Pfow860/
Foew860/
Foowe7515/
Fouwe754/
Fosww751/
Fowtt751/
Fowth750/
Faw675,172/
Fof67464/
Vow67104/
Fuw6738/
Fov6735/
Fob6731/
Fowowa6713/

Fow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻮfw-

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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
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  • 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 Fow
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