Jow Surname

155,981st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Gambia
Highest density in:
Gambia

Jow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Gambia1,4701:1,308173
United States6491:558,48846,038
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Pakistan1011:1,768,75117,893
England951:586,50635,379
Singapore861:64,0432,603
Canada371:995,82774,831
Brazil221:9,730,651206,332
Ecuador211:757,42112,901
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Sweden121:820,56361,223
India101:76,706,538639,611
China91:151,924,6187,954
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Zimbabwe71:2,205,46397,905
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Jow (796) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jowa861,890/
Ojow86192/
Jowe86183/
Ijow8665/
Tjow8662/
Djow8653/
Jiow8632/
Jouw8627/
Ajow8619/
Jowf867/
Ujow866/
Joew862/
Johw861/
Jhow861/
Jojw861/
Jovw861/
Jowt861/
Joyw861/
Jzow861/
Hjow861/
Hajow75835/
Hujow75736/
Djowe75150/
Djouw7522/
Jouwe7515/
Ijowe753/
Jijow752/
Ijowa752/
Tjovw751/
Ujoew751/
Jeeow751/
Jihow751/
Joiwe751/
Jhouw751/
Hijow751/
Joowe751/
Johws751/
Sow671,076,990/
Job6771,216/
Yow678,411/
Jaw677,644/
Jov671,051/
Eow67460/
Djouwe67143/
Zow67125/
Jof6726/
Juw6714/
Iow679/
Jeehow674/
Johiew673/
Hajiow672/
Haajow671/

Jow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jow in the Tibetan language
རྒྱོའུ།gyo'u50
འཇོ་འོ།joo25
ཇོ་བོ།jowo25

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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
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  • 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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