Sheow Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cayman Islands
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Sheow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Sheow (112) may also be a first name.

Sheow Last Name Facts

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

Sheow is most common in The Cayman Islands. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,100,440th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Sheow occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Sheow are found; 40 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 33 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean. Sheow is also the 885,979th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 112 people.

The surname Sheow is most widely held in The Cayman Islands, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,915. In The Cayman Islands Sheow is most frequent in: George Town District, where 100 percent are found. Barring The Cayman Islands Sheow occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 33 percent are found and The United States, where 28 percent are found.

Sheow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sheow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sheow surname expanded 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sheow Last Name Statistics demography

Sheow earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.4% less than the national average, earning $33,917 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shehow9162/
Sheeow911/
Scheow911/
Seow8913,162/
Cheow801,966/
Shiow80132/
Sieow80117/
Seowa8020/
Sheov803/
Seowe802/
Sehow802/
Seoow802/
Seeow801/
Seoiw801/
Sheof800/
Shehov73206/
Sajhow739/
Sihowa736/
Chehow734/
Seahow734/
Seaoow731/
Sheoff731/
Sheova731/
Shehaw731/
Seeoww731/
Shiowe731/
Seouwe731/
Sayhow731/
Sheofe730/
Scheof730/
Shehova67221/
Seob6724/
Scheopf6720/
Syow679/
Shihowa676/
Sheehaw675/
Seov673/
Shehoub672/
Seof672/
Zeow672/
Ssejhow671/
Shaihow671/
Shuihow671/
Seaouwe671/
Ceow671/
Scheoff671/
Cheowth670/

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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 Sheow
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