Slow Surname

355,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Slow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the slough,' a hollow, miry place, from residence thereby. The 'Slough of Despond' is familiar to all readers of the Pilgrim's Progress.

Stephen de la Slou, Buckinghamshire, 1273.

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Slow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2071:1,751,009115,476
England1921:290,19822,328
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Thailand1151:614,246104,344
South Africa861:629,97347,084
Australia791:341,71828,950
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
France61:11,070,454349,096
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
China21:683,660,78330,601
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3831:63,6437,356
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1861:269,99321,996

Slow (329) may also be a first name.

Slow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the slough,' a hollow, miry place, from residence thereby. The 'Slough of Despond' is familiar to all readers of the Pilgrim's Progress.

Stephen de la Slou, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Matilda ad le Slow, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Hugh de la Slo, Wiltshire, ibid.

Adam del Slo. Calendarium Genealogicum.

William atte Slo Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Nicholas atte Sloo, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.

1648. Married — Edward Hopkins and Mary Slow: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1806. — William Slow and Mary Brown: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 Dweller at the Slough or Bog [Old English slóh] The entry in the Bucks Hundred-Rolls (a.d. 1274), ‘Stephen de la Slou’, evid. refers to Slough.

Now is my cart out of the slow, pardee! —Chaucer, Cant. Tales, D 1565.

With conquering ploughs He furrows up cold Strymon’s slymie slows.—Sylvester, The Colonies (a.d. 1611), 223.

2 Sluggardly, Lazy [Old English sláw] The antithesis of Snell, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Quick being a surname, this might naturally be regarded as its antithesis; but it is not so, as it has a local meaning. Its medieval forms are De la Slo, Ad le Slow, or De la Slou. H.R. Its meaning appears to be Anglo-Saxon slog, Old English sloghe, a bog or muddy pit-a slough.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This name was anciently written De la Slo, Ad le Slow, or De la Slou, and is the same as Slough; from slough, a place of deep mud or mire, from Anglo-Saxon slog. Slough is the name of a place in Bucks. Slow, Slowe, Slowey, Slough, Sloog, Sloggett, Sluggett are found as surnames in Bowditch.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Sloo; a location name in Devon.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Slow: is St. Lô; in Latin Laudus, that gives us the surname of the Archbishop, Laud.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Slow Last Name Facts

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

Slow occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Slow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Slow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Slow is the 355,394th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,123,701 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 23 percent of Slow reside; 22 percent reside in North America and 22 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 483,360th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 329 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 207 people, or 1 in 1,751,009. In The United States Slow is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 16 percent are found, Illinois, where 14 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States Slow exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent are found and Egypt, where 12 percent are found.

Slow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Slow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Slow surname grew 111 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Slow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Slow are 9.48% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 56.25% being registered with the political party.

The amount Slow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.26% more than the national average, earning R 368,952 per year; in United States they earn 0.99% more than the national average, earning $43,575 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.24% less than the national average, earning $49,566 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Slowe89839/
Slowa891/
Sellow80741/
Schlow8063/
Süllow8028/
Sillow8016/
Sllowa801/
Slob751,650/
Slaw75625/
Slof75357/
Slov75121/
Xlow754/
Zlow751/
Sluw751/
Slawowa735/
Schliow731/
Shlowsh731/
Sloof67789/
Slova67156/
Sloev67118/
Sloff6791/
Slouf6747/
Clouw6734/
Slawe6729/
Slhov6721/
Chlow678/
Sllov676/
Cluow673/
Slovs673/
Zlowe672/
Shlov672/
Slahw672/
Sllaw672/
Slobh671/
Shlof671/
Sloub671/
Shlaw671/
Jloyw671/
Sliov671/
Jllow671/
Hslob671/
Sloft670/
Sclaw670/
Slofs670/

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