Howe Surname
Approximately 108,953 people bear this surname
Howe Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hugh'; How, in South England. 'Howe, Hewe, propyr name, Hugo': Promptorium Parvulorum (a) Local, 'of the howes.' How, a hill, a mound; compare Silver How and Fox How in the Lake district of England.
Read More About This SurnameHowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55,999 | 1:6,473 | 763 |
| England | 22,382 | 1:2,489 | 319 |
| Australia | 8,814 | 1:3,063 | 423 |
| Canada | 7,098 | 1:5,191 | 752 |
| Liberia | 2,356 | 1:1,871 | 247 |
| Germany | 2,289 | 1:35,171 | 4,645 |
| New Zealand | 1,399 | 1:3,237 | 487 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,151 | 1:3,084 | 257 |
| Wales | 1,042 | 1:2,970 | 321 |
| Scotland | 877 | 1:6,105 | 980 |
| South Africa | 725 | 1:74,728 | 9,286 |
| Ireland | 677 | 1:6,956 | 1,016 |
| Northern Ireland | 487 | 1:3,789 | 748 |
| Jamaica | 465 | 1:6,172 | 772 |
| Brazil | 320 | 1:668,982 | 24,697 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Belize | 209 | 1:1,701 | 388 |
| Malaysia | 203 | 1:145,292 | 9,130 |
| Swaziland | 202 | 1:6,427 | 396 |
| Thailand | 191 | 1:369,834 | 64,954 |
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 121 | 1:11,273 | 1,538 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 1:141,635 | 18,305 |
| Spain | 104 | 1:449,539 | 23,540 |
| France | 82 | 1:810,033 | 97,301 |
| Indonesia | 82 | 1:1,612,795 | 106,468 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69 | 1:1,633 | 337 |
| China | 59 | 1:23,174,942 | 1,270 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Guernsey | 51 | 1:1,264 | 261 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| Sweden | 41 | 1:240,165 | 16,652 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| Panama | 34 | 1:115,066 | 4,183 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Isle of Man | 28 | 1:3,065 | 663 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 25 | 1:4,415 | 699 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 1:4,312 | 570 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Montserrat | 22 | 1:225 | 49 |
| Hong Kong | 21 | 1:349,309 | 3,156 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20 | 1:2,760 | 392 |
| Honduras | 17 | 1:518,614 | 3,437 |
| Jersey | 17 | 1:5,835 | 1,193 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| Japan | 15 | 1:8,522,953 | 44,380 |
| Italy | 14 | 1:4,368,335 | 106,343 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Cayman Islands | 11 | 1:5,808 | 770 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Barbados | 9 | 1:31,939 | 1,516 |
| British Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:4,513 | 453 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Norfolk Island | 6 | 1:382 | 64 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Grenada | 5 | 1:21,707 | 1,054 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Cuba | 3 | 1:3,840,905 | 13,116 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 688 | 1:6,439 | 1,021 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11,150 | 1:2,186 | 313 |
| Scotland | 340 | 1:11,009 | 1,371 |
| Wales | 287 | 1:5,465 | 365 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,270 | 1:3,087 | 359 |
The alternate forms: Höwe (14) are calculated separately.
Howe (1,009) may also be a first name.
Howe Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hugh'; How, in South England. 'Howe, Hewe, propyr name, Hugo': Promptorium Parvulorum (a) Local, 'of the howes.' How, a hill, a mound; compare Silver How and Fox How in the Lake district of England.
'Lands in the Howes, which he had from his mother Alice del Howes' (ext. deed of grant by John de Levens), temp. Edward I: History Westm. and Cumb.
Roger del Howes, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Richard del Howes, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Letitia atte How, 1313. Writs of Parliament.
John de la How, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
(Scandinavian) 1 Dweller at a Hill, Hillock, or Tumulus [Middle English how(e; O.N. haug-r, (burial) mound] 2 Dweller in a Hollow or Dell [by confusion, ‘how(e’ eventually came to be applied in parts of the North to a hollow or dell at the foot of the how(e or hill; but sometimes ‘how,’ or ‘hou,’ seems to be for Old Norse hol = Old English hol, a hollow] Letitia atte How.—Parl. Writs, A.D. 1313. William del Howe.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1369.
Cp. Hough.
(Teutonic) a form of Hugh, q.v.
V. How.
(Celtic) the Welsh Howel, Anglo- Saxonized as Huwal, Huwel, Latinized as Hoel-us [prob. O.Wel. hoew, alert, sprightly + the diminutive suff. -el) The most famous historical bearer of this name was the tenth-century Welsh prince Howel Da— A Howel da uab Kadell vrenhin penn a molyant yr holl Vrytanyeit a vu uarw.
(And Howel the Good, son of Cadell. king, head and glory of all the Britons, died).—Brut y Tywysogion, A.D. 948.
Hoelus filius Owein obiit.—Annales Cambriae, A.D. 1041.
Arthur was at Caerlleon-upon-Usk, his principal palace; and in the centre of the floor of the hall were four men .... Owain ab Urien, Gwalchmai ab Gwyar, Howel ab Emyr Llydaw, and Peredur of the long lance.—‘Peredur ab Evrawc’: Mabinogion, tr. Guest.
And ealle þa cyngas þe on þyssum iglande wæron he ge-wylde: ærest Huwal West Wala cyning . . .
(And all the kings that in this island were he [Æthelstan] ruled: first, Huwal, or Howel, of the West Welsh king . . .) A.-Saxon Chron., A.D. 926.
Hoel son Oeni.—Pipe-Roll, A.D. 1161.
Howel le Waleys [Welshman].— Parliamentary Writs Cp. Powell.
(English) belonging to Howell, or Dweller at the How or Hough Well or Spring [v. under How and Hough, and + Middle English welle, Old English w(i)ella]
This well known English name is, in Ireland, an occasional synonym of Hoey and of Hough, q.v
“Hill” in Old Norse. Also variation on Hugh.
(English) Descendant of How, a variant of Hugh (spirit); dwellers on, or near, a projecting ridge of land, a promontory; one who came from Howe (hill), the name of places in Norfolk and Yorkshire.
A high place, a hill; critically, a hill in a valley. De La Howe, "from the hill,"was originally the name of the family. They came to England with William the Conqueror. (See Athill.)
(English), Hugh, or the same as Hawes or How, q. v.
A location name in Norfolk, Yorkshire From from the Old Norse, haugr; a cairn over one dead. Orfrom the Danish, Hau, Hou; a personal name.
Howe Demographics
Average Male Howe Height
177.53 cm
Average Female Howe Height
163 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Howe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Howe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Howe is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Höwe. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Howe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Howe is the 5,199th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 66,887 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Howe reside; 58 percent reside in North America and 58 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 253,213th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 1,009 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 55,999 people, or 1 in 6,473. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 6 percent reside and Texas, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Howe exists in 122 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.
Howe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Howe has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Howe last name rose 344 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 363 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 2 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Howe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Howe surname are 10.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.57% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Howe earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 78.98% more than the national average, earning 619,426 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 68.49% more than the national average, earning R 400,392 per year; in United States they earn 3.78% more than the national average, earning $44,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.63% more than the national average, earning $50,992 CAD per year.
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