Sieow Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Sieow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sieow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore1071:51,4741,981
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Sieow (200) may also be a first name.

Sieow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sieow is found most in Singapore. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Sieow.

How Common Is The Last Name Sieow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,683,218th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Sieow live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 91 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. It is also the 640,739th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 200 people.

It is most common in Singapore, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 51,474. Besides Singapore this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seow8913,162/
Sieuw80450/
Shiow80132/
Sheow8040/
Seowa8020/
Seoow802/
Seowe802/
Sehow802/
Sieob801/
Si'ow801/
Seeow801/
Seoiw801/
Shehow7362/
Sihowa736/
Seahow734/
Scheow731/
Seaoow731/
Seajow731/
Seeoww731/
Seouwe731/
Siihow731/
Shiowe731/
Seayow731/
Saieaw731/
Saiyow731/
Sheeow731/
Siaw6720,560/
Jeow67321/
Geow67319/
Siabowa67156/
Siehoff67124/
Jiow6732/
Seob6724/
Syow679/
Shihowa676/
Seov673/
Siuw673/
Seof672/
Zeow672/
Ssejhow671/
Seajouw671/
Seaeowe671/
Shaihow671/
Ceow671/
Shuihow671/
Seaouwe671/
Siehawe671/

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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 Sieow
  • 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