Persow Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Persow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Persow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Persow Last Name Facts

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

Persow is most common in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Persow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Persow live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Persow is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is most frequent in: Delaware, where 25 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 25 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 25 percent are found.

Persow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Persow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Persow last name fell 69 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pershow923/
Pearsow922/
Perszow921/
Pfersow920/
Persov83201/
Parsow83136/
Perzow8352/
Persof8319/
Percow8318/
Porsow8310/
Pirsow833/
Persaw831/
Pirsouw77125/
Persoff77108/
Persova7798/
Pershov7788/
Piersov7776/
Pershaw7714/
Persoft771/
Parsiow771/
Pearsaw771/
Petrsov771/
Piersaw770/
Perchow770/
Parshow770/
Pershova7177/
Perssova713/
Pershoff711/
Parsov67116/
Porsov6784/
Pyrsov6745/
Perzov6742/
Pirsov6737/
Parzow6723/
Percov6712/
Persab673/
Parsaw672/
Perjov672/
Persafova672/
Persav671/

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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 Persow
  • 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