Rowy Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Rowy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rowy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1601:632,73967,224
Indonesia401:3,306,230179,945
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Rowy (103) may also be a first name.

Rowy Last Name Facts

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

Rowy is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rowy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,121,821st most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Rowy reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 74 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 103 people.

The last name Rowy is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 632,739. In The Philippines Rowy is most prevalent in: Calabarzon, where 64 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 18 percent reside and Mimaropa, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Philippines this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 19 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Rowy Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Rowy has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Rowy last name contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rowey89121/
Roway892/
Rouwoy80120/
Rouwey8020/
Rouway805/
Rowway804/
Rowehy802/
Roways801/
Rooway801/
Ruowoy801/
Roweye801/
Rowe75170,329/
Roby7522,848/
Rawy752,073/
Rowi752,038/
Rovy75350/
Rewy755/
Ruwy751/
Rossway7324/
Robey679,942/
Rouby674,138/
Raboy673,427/
Rouwa672,020/
Raway67632/
Revoy67570/
Rawhy67466/
Robay67422/
Roewe67409/
Rooby67397/
Ruway67295/
Rewey67215/
Reway67213/
Rovey67197/
Rowie67128/
Rovay67120/
Ravoy6771/
Rowai6768/
Rouwe6739/
Robhy6737/
Rhoby6727/
Rhowi6721/
Roboy6717/
Robyh6715/
Ruboy6714/
Rouwé6712/
Rawey6710/
Roiwe678/
Rohwi678/
Rowei677/
Rowee677/
Rowhi675/
Rowue674/
Rovyi673/
Rowaa673/
Robuy672/
Roowa672/
Rhowe672/
Rovoy672/
Rowwe672/
Roowe672/
Rouvy672/
Rouwi672/
Rawiy671/
Roiwa671/
Roywe671/
Réway671/
Rosvy671/
Ruowa671/
Roybe671/
Rowea671/
Roybi671/
Roviy671/
Royby671/
Rawuy670/
Rowhe670/
Rojwe670/

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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 Rowy
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