Orow Surname

300,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Orow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,0041:764,00934,707
United States2101:1,725,995114,113
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Orow (324) may also be a first name.

Orow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orow occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Orow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 300,507th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 5,760,906 people. The last name Orow occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Orow are found; 79 percent are found in South Asia and 79 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 487,350th most commonly held given name on earth. It is borne by 324 people.

The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 1,004 people, or 1 in 764,009. In India Orow is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 94 percent reside and Assam, where 6 percent reside. Not including India Orow is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.

Orow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Orow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Orow last name grew 21,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Orow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those bearing the Orow surname are 4.88% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.11% registered to vote for the political party.

Orow earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.4% more than the national average, earning $51,090 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orowe89251/
Horow89213/
Orowa89213/
Orrow89101/
Osrow8921/
Ourow892/
Orouw891/
Oroow891/
O'Row890/
Orows890/
Horrow80115/
Orowhe8088/
Orouwe8070/
Horowa8049/
Orrowe8014/
Horhow802/
O'rowe802/
Horowe801/
Hoorow801/
Orhowa801/
Ohrows800/
Oraw7513,394/
Oruw751,390/
Urow75457/
Arow7570/
Erow7539/
Orov7538/
Orof7523/
Orob7511/
Houtrow733/
Horhowa731/
Gourgow730/
Arrow673,214/
Gorov67696/
Herow67374/
Harow67372/
Orova67356/
Arowa67344/
Hurow67207/
O'Raw67201/
Houtrouw67107/
Oroev6788/
Horob6769/
Orofe6768/
Orawe6767/
Horov6734/
Arowe6732/
Horuw6729/
Oirov6726/
Osrof6723/
Aarow6714/
Gorof6713/
Aroow6711/
Aerow6711/
Orzov678/
Ouraw677/
Orhaw676/
Urrow676/
Oraws674/
Aurow674/
Orawh674/
Horof674/
Oorov673/
Orgov673/
Horaw673/
Orhof673/
Errow672/
Otrov672/
Ourov672/
Orobh672/
Orguw672/
Urowa672/
Orrov671/
Orofz671/
Erouw671/
Uorov671/
Oraaw671/
Orawf671/
Uoraw671/
Oroff671/
Eerow671/
Orhuw671/
Orraw671/
Oroub671/
Oraww671/
Orouf671/
Urouw671/
Arouw671/
Ooraw671/

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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 Orow
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