Orrow Surname

1,839,022nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Orrow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:655,50738,035
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

Orrow Last Name Facts

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

Orrow is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orrow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,839,022nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Orrow live; 85 percent live in Northern Europe and 85 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 655,507. In England Orrow is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 26 percent live, Essex, where 21 percent live and Hertfordshire, where 13 percent live. Other than England this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Orrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Orrow has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Orrow surname grew 327 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horrow91115/
Orrowe9114/
Orow891,265/
Arrow803,214/
Orowe80251/
Horow80213/
Orowa80213/
Osrow8021/
Urrow806/
Ourow802/
Errow802/
Oroow801/
Orrov801/
Orraw801/
Orouw801/
Orows800/
O'Row800/
Harrow733,702/
Orowhe7388/
Orouwe7370/
Horowa7349/
Herrow7333/
Urrows7326/
Arrowa734/
Horhow732/
O'rowe732/
Horowe731/
Hoorow731/
Orhowa731/
Aarrow730/
Ohrows730/
Oraw6713,394/
Oruw671,390/
Urow67457/
Arow6770/
Erow6739/
Orov6738/
Harrowa6738/
Orof6723/
Orob6711/
Harrowe676/
Harrows675/
Houtrow673/
Horroff671/
Harzrow671/
Haarrow671/
Horhowa671/
Horroft671/
Horrova671/
Gourgow670/

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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 Orrow
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis