Martlow Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Martlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Martlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1081:501,64540,799
England261:2,143,00282,017
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371

Martlow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Martlow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Martlow is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Martlow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. Martlow is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Martlow live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 501,645. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 40 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 23 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Martlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Martlow has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Martlow last name grew 325 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Martlow Last Name Statistics demography

Martlow earn around the same as the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.01% more than the national average, earning R 242,412 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Martlouw9358/
Martelow930/
Maratilow8810/
Martlew86695/
Murtlow8645/
Martlaw861/
Martlauw801/
Mordolow671/
Martluft670/
Muratlyew631/
Myratlyyew594/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Martlow
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