Seow Surname
Approximately 13,162 people bear this surname
Seow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 7,734 | 1:3,814 | 568 |
| Singapore | 3,133 | 1:1,758 | 193 |
| Thailand | 786 | 1:89,871 | 12,531 |
| United States | 384 | 1:943,903 | 70,502 |
| Australia | 352 | 1:76,692 | 8,962 |
| Canada | 158 | 1:233,200 | 22,307 |
| England | 128 | 1:435,297 | 29,139 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Jamaica | 81 | 1:35,431 | 2,435 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 74 | 1:18,432 | 2,206 |
| China | 54 | 1:25,320,770 | 1,385 |
| French Polynesia | 37 | 1:7,589 | 1,667 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 1:141,510 | 16,640 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Macau | 2 | 1:300,815 | 1,009 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Seow (11,904) may also be a first name.
Seow Demographics
Average Male Seow Height
172.25 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Seow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seow is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Seow click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seow? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 39,876th most prevalent last name globally, held by around 1 in 553,681 people. Seow occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Seow are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 59 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seow is also the 54,501st most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 11,904 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is held by 7,734 people, or 1 in 3,814. In Malaysia Seow is most prevalent in: Selangor, where 38 percent reside, Johor, where 15 percent reside and Penang, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Malaysia this last name occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 24 percent reside and Thailand, where 6 percent reside.
Seow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 38,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Seow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Seow are 2.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.63% being registered with the political party.
The amount Seow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.34% more than the national average, earning $56,240 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.7% more than the national average, earning $67,420 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sieow | 89 | 117 | / |
| Sheow | 89 | 40 | / |
| Seowa | 89 | 20 | / |
| Seoow | 89 | 2 | / |
| Seowe | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sehow | 89 | 2 | / |
| Seeow | 89 | 1 | / |
| Seoiw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Shehow | 80 | 62 | / |
| Seahow | 80 | 4 | / |
| Seaoow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Seeoww | 80 | 1 | / |
| Seouwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scheow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sheeow | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jeow | 75 | 321 | / |
| Geow | 75 | 319 | / |
| Seob | 75 | 24 | / |
| Syow | 75 | 9 | / |
| Seov | 75 | 3 | / |
| Seof | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zeow | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ceow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ssejhow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seaouwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheow | 67 | 1,966 | / |
| Sayow | 67 | 513 | / |
| Sajow | 67 | 468 | / |
| Sieuw | 67 | 450 | / |
| Shiow | 67 | 132 | / |
| Zeowa | 67 | 121 | / |
| Sojow | 67 | 53 | / |
| Sehob | 67 | 47 | / |
| Soyow | 67 | 27 | / |
| Seova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Sehov | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sheov | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jeeow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Suyow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seoev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sehaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Si'ow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sieob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seoff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seoub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheof | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Seow
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