Phow Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Phow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Phow (28) may also be a first name.

Phow Last Name Facts

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

Phow is most common in Singapore. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,909,720th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Phow live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 28 people.

The surname is most frequent in Singapore, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 183,590. Aside from Singapore Phow is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 16 percent are found and Taiwan, where 9 percent are found.

Phow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Phow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Phow last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pow864,447/
Powe757,843/
Pouw752,939/
Powa75885/
Phaw75148/
Pahw7570/
Phuw7517/
Poew7517/
Phob755/
Poiw752/
Poow752/
Phov752/
Powz751/
Powp751/
Puow751/
Ppow751/
Poww751/
Vhow751/
Pfow750/
Phawe671,073/
Phoph67788/
Pouwe67604/
Phuob6713/
Phoev679/
Poowe677/
Pahaw677/
Poiwe677/
Phova675/
Phoob674/
Phofe673/
Pashw672/
Phoov672/
Bpowe671/
Powws671/
Pousw671/
Poeww671/
Pàoow671/
Phoff670/
Phouf670/

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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 Phow
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