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
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Jow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jow (Tibetan: རྒྱོའུ།) has its highest incidence in The Gambia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jow? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 155,981st most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,595,280 people. The last name is primarily found 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 used first name in the world. It is borne by 796 people.
It is most frequent in The Gambia, where it is carried by 1,470 people, or 1 in 1,308. Not including The Gambia this last name occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 7 percent live.
Jow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Jow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jow last name rose 4,992 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 297 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Jow surname are 31.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.75% registered with the 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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