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

The last name Fow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) is found most in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 770,644th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name Fow is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Fow live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. Fow is also the 451,716th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 370 people.

Fow is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 1,479,424. In The United States Fow is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 23 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 21 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Fow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Fow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fow last name rose 245 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 9 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fow last name are 30.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.81% registered with the 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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