Jow Surname
Approximately 2,808 people bear this surname
Jow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 1,470 | 1:1,308 | 173 |
| United States | 649 | 1:558,488 | 46,038 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Pakistan | 101 | 1:1,768,751 | 17,893 |
| England | 95 | 1:586,506 | 35,379 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Ecuador | 21 | 1:757,421 | 12,901 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 32 | 1:761,730 | 34,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Jow (796) may also be a first name.
Jow Demographics
Average Male Jow Height
174.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Jow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jow (Tibetan: རྒྱོའུ།) is found most in The Gambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jow? popularity and diffusion
Jow is the 155,981st most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 2,595,280 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Jow reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Jow is also the 290,153rd most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 796 people.
The last name Jow is most frequently used in The Gambia, where it is borne by 1,470 people, or 1 in 1,308. Without taking into account The Gambia it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Egypt, where 7 percent reside.
Jow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Jow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 4,992 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 297 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Jow last name are 31.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Jow earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 27.57% more than the national average, earning $55,045 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.37% less than the national average, earning $43,042 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jowa | 86 | 1,890 | / |
| Ojow | 86 | 192 | / |
| Jowe | 86 | 183 | / |
| Ijow | 86 | 65 | / |
| Tjow | 86 | 62 | / |
| Djow | 86 | 53 | / |
| Jiow | 86 | 32 | / |
| Jouw | 86 | 27 | / |
| Ajow | 86 | 19 | / |
| Jowf | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ujow | 86 | 6 | / |
| Joew | 86 | 2 | / |
| Johw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jhow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jojw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jovw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jowt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Joyw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Jzow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hjow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hajow | 75 | 835 | / |
| Hujow | 75 | 736 | / |
| Djowe | 75 | 150 | / |
| Djouw | 75 | 22 | / |
| Jouwe | 75 | 15 | / |
| Ijowe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Jijow | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ijowa | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tjovw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ujoew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jeeow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jihow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Joiwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jhouw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hijow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Joowe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Johws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sow | 67 | 1,076,990 | / |
| Job | 67 | 71,216 | / |
| Yow | 67 | 8,411 | / |
| Jaw | 67 | 7,644 | / |
| Jov | 67 | 1,051 | / |
| Eow | 67 | 460 | / |
| Djouwe | 67 | 143 | / |
| Zow | 67 | 125 | / |
| Jof | 67 | 26 | / |
| Juw | 67 | 14 | / |
| Iow | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jeehow | 67 | 4 | / |
| Johiew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hajiow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haajow | 67 | 1 | / |
Jow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jow in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱོའུ། | gyo'u | 50 |
| འཇོ་འོ། | joo | 25 |
| ཇོ་བོ། | jowo | 25 |
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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 Jow
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