Peow Surname

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

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Peow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Peow (211) may also be a first name.

Peow Last Name Facts

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

Peow is found most in Singapore. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Peow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Peow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Peow live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Peow is also the 622,565th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 211 people.

It is most prevalent in Singapore, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 51,474. Not including Singapore this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 20 percent reside and Thailand, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pheow8933/
Pieow892/
Pegiow801/
Piow7586/
Peov7555/
Pjow751/
Pajow67385/
Payow67353/
Pehov6785/
Peova6746/
Pojow672/
Pheob671/
Piowe671/
Piows671/
Peouf670/
Peoff670/

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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 Peow
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