Ouw Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Ouw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ouw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1061:1,247,63487,669
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Ouw (463) may also be a first name.

Ouw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ouw is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ouw? popularity and diffusion

Ouw is the 1,484,726th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Ouw is mostly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Ouw live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 396,209th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 463 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 87 percent reside and Maluku, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.

Ouw Last Name Statistics demography

Ouw earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 144.31% more than the national average, earning $105,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ouwe86307/
Houw86265/
Ouvw862/
Ouew861/
Ouwp861/
Ow807,308/
Uw8043/
Houwe7567/
Ayouw752/
Ouhwe751/
Ouiew750/
How6721,448/
Ouf6720,716/
Owa678,315/
Uwe672,767/
Owe672,145/
Auw671,803/
Oub67488/
Owf67311/
Euw6785/
Owh6748/
Huw6738/
Ohw6713/
Uwh6712/
Oew6712/
Uuw6712/
Uww6710/
Oyw677/
Oiw677/
Uow677/
Uwt676/
Ouv676/
Oow675/
Owt675/
Uwf675/
Uvw674/
Ujw673/
Uwz673/
Ovw673/
Ojw673/
Oww673/
Uyw672/
Uiw672/
Uhw672/

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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 Ouw
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