Kiow Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Kiow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 95 | 1:310,466 | 16,916 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Belize | 8 | 1:44,434 | 2,498 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Kiow (702) may also be a first name.
Kiow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kiow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kiow is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kiow? popularity and diffusion
Kiow is the 1,573,888th most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Kiow occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Kiow live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 73 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 311,884th most common first name internationally It is held by 702 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 310,466. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Johor, where 37 percent live, Malacca, where 20 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 14 percent live. Outside of Malaysia Kiow is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 12 percent live and Belize, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiowe | 89 | 28 | / |
| Khiow | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kieow | 89 | 2 | / |
| Kojiow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiaw | 75 | 1,961 | / |
| Keow | 75 | 420 | / |
| Kiof | 75 | 193 | / |
| Kiob | 75 | 20 | / |
| Kjow | 75 | 4 | / |
| Chiow | 67 | 280 | / |
| Kyowe | 67 | 190 | / |
| Kiawe | 67 | 132 | / |
| Khiaw | 67 | 99 | / |
| Keowa | 67 | 29 | / |
| Kijov | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kijaw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kuyow | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kihaw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kayow | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kheow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kiofh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kieaw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kijob | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kijof | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kajow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kehow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khiov | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kiofe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kujow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyojw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiawp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keowt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kiahw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keyow | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kiow
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