Kow Surname
Approximately 6,527 people bear this surname
Kow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3,602 | 1:8,188 | 971 |
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| Singapore | 351 | 1:15,691 | 676 |
| United States | 308 | 1:1,176,815 | 84,096 |
| Thailand | 130 | 1:543,372 | 93,529 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| India | 71 | 1:10,803,738 | 202,948 |
| Australia | 64 | 1:421,808 | 33,593 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Ecuador | 47 | 1:338,422 | 9,364 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Liberia | 39 | 1:113,039 | 8,770 |
| Brunei | 38 | 1:11,019 | 1,313 |
| China | 32 | 1:42,728,799 | 2,300 |
| Jamaica | 30 | 1:95,665 | 4,064 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
Kow (8,014) may also be a first name.
Kow Demographics
Average Male Kow Height
176.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮ, Tibetan: ཀའུ་) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kow? popularity and diffusion
It is the 75,233rd most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,116,523 people. The last name Kow is mostly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Kow live; 64 percent live in Southeast Asia and 56 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 71,007th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 8,014 people.
The surname is most widespread in Malaysia, where it is held by 3,602 people, or 1 in 8,188. In Malaysia Kow is most numerous in: Selangor, where 35 percent live, Johor, where 16 percent live and Perak, where 10 percent live. Excluding Malaysia it is found in 55 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 21 percent live and Singapore, where 5 percent live.
Kow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 604 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Kow are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Kow earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 18.63% more than the national average, earning R 281,904 per year; in United States they earn 2.19% less than the national average, earning $42,205 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.43% more than the national average, earning $63,806 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kowa | 86 | 21,734 | / |
| Kowe | 86 | 6,683 | / |
| Khow | 86 | 643 | / |
| Kouw | 86 | 219 | / |
| Kuow | 86 | 27 | / |
| Koew | 86 | 13 | / |
| Koiw | 86 | 11 | / |
| Kowt | 86 | 7 | / |
| Kowh | 86 | 6 | / |
| Kohw | 86 | 3 | / |
| Koow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kowz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kowf | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ckow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kqow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hkow | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kosw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Khowa | 75 | 3,018 | / |
| Kouwe | 75 | 831 | / |
| Khouw | 75 | 755 | / |
| Kowch | 75 | 161 | / |
| Khowe | 75 | 80 | / |
| Kowsz | 75 | 79 | / |
| Kouws | 75 | 57 | / |
| Koowe | 75 | 33 | / |
| Kohwe | 75 | 24 | / |
| Kowss | 75 | 10 | / |
| Khoew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kowws | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koiwe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khoow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kowhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Koehw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kowtt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Kov | 67 | 5,903 | / |
| Kaw | 67 | 5,006 | / |
| Kof | 67 | 687 | / |
| Kawowa | 67 | 350 | / |
| Cow | 67 | 167 | / |
| Kuw | 67 | 164 | / |
| Kafowa | 67 | 27 | / |
| Qow | 67 | 14 | / |
| Khouwe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kowsch | 67 | 1 | / |
Kow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮ | kw | - |
| Kow in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀའུ་ | ka'u | - |
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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 Kow
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