Heow Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Heow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Heow (159) may also be a first name.
Heow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Heow has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Heow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Heow is the 3,055,934th most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Heow live; 54 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Heow is also the 727,628th most widespread given name world-wide It is held by 159 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 1,404,487. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 33 percent live, Negeri Sembilan, where 24 percent live and Penang, where 24 percent live. Aside from Malaysia this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 29 percent live and Australia, where 5 percent live.
Heow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Heow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Heow surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheow | 89 | 1,966 | / |
| Kheow | 89 | 3 | / |
| Heowa | 89 | 2 | / |
| Heowe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Eow | 86 | 460 | / |
| Heaowa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Chehow | 80 | 4 | / |
| Heyhow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eyow | 75 | 212 | / |
| Hiow | 75 | 62 | / |
| Heob | 75 | 26 | / |
| Eowa | 75 | 6 | / |
| Hyow | 75 | 4 | / |
| Ihow | 75 | 4 | / |
| Eeow | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ehow | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eowe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eowh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heof | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eiow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jhow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ieow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hjow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chehowa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Cheowth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Hajow | 67 | 835 | / |
| Hujow | 67 | 736 | / |
| Hayow | 67 | 465 | / |
| Chiow | 67 | 280 | / |
| Haiow | 67 | 245 | / |
| Ihowa | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ihowe | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yeouw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hiowe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ehowa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khiow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cheov | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heoft | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hoyow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hieuw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jhouw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeeow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eowss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jihow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chiehoow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eowwf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yihow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hijow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heofs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Yohow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Heow
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