Oslow Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Oslow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oslow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany411:1,963,548108,338
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Oslow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oslow is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Oslow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oslow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,808,717th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Oslow is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Oslow reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 1,963,548. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 41 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 27 percent reside and Berlin, where 24 percent reside. Besides Germany Oslow is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and Italy, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osclow913/
Ouslow910/
Hoslow910/
Houslow834/
Osillow831/
Oslob80194/
Oslov80109/
Eslow8020/
Aslow802/
Uslow801/
Oslof801/
Houtslow770/
Haslow73103/
Ashlow7352/
Guslow7350/
Oslova7337/
Osloub738/
Osloff733/
Osloob731/
Goslov731/
Aslowt731/
Osloev731/
Euslow730/
Huslow730/
Heslow730/
Auslow730/
Gauslow6760/
Gushlow6755/
Hesslow6747/
Hasslow6714/
Hosclaw674/
Houzlow673/
Hochlow672/
Goshlov672/
Aschlow671/
Gasslow671/
Hoslova671/
Oshlova671/
Hauslow670/
Gouslaw670/
Gosslaw670/
Gooslaw670/
Gosloff670/
Goshlaw670/

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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 Oslow
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