Stow Surname
Approximately 5,489 people bear this surname
Stow Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stow.' Anglo-Saxon and Middle English stow, a place; compare Chepstow, i.e. the market-place, and Plaistow, the play-place, the open space for games, &c. There are six parishes of Stow and five of Stowe in England (v.
Read More About This SurnameStow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,998 | 1:181,411 | 18,121 |
| England | 1,944 | 1:28,662 | 3,869 |
| Australia | 690 | 1:39,124 | 5,070 |
| South Africa | 287 | 1:188,772 | 20,532 |
| Nigeria | 159 | 1:1,114,105 | 45,936 |
| Canada | 143 | 1:257,661 | 24,352 |
| New Zealand | 81 | 1:55,905 | 8,836 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 1:87,859 | 5,745 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:267,691 | 12,985 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,312 | 1:18,579 | 2,674 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,374 | 1:36,549 | 4,336 |
Stow (52) may also be a first name.
Stow Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Stow.' Anglo-Saxon and Middle English stow, a place; compare Chepstow, i.e. the market-place, and Plaistow, the play-place, the open space for games, &c. There are six parishes of Stow and five of Stowe in England (v. Crockford). The parishes in Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire seem to have been the chief parents.
Baldwin de Stow, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Warin de Stowe, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Fulk de Stow, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Oda de Stow, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Ricardus de Stowe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1765. Married — Samuel Stow and Hannah Needham: St. George, Hanover Square.
Local. There is a parish of this name in Midlothian. Johan de Stowe, persone of the church of Gleinkerny in the Meirnes, rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, a, p. 203). Adam Stowe was one of an inquest in Dundee, 1321 (RMS., I, Apr I, 29). Janet Stow at Kirkcormok, 1618 (Kirkcudbright).
(English) belonging to Stow or Stowe [Old English stów, dat. stówe, a place] ". . . apud locum ubi vulgari dicitur nomine æt Stowe.’’—Charter A.D. 956; Cartularium Saxonicum no. 986.
Oda de Stow.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
Joh’es de Stowe.—Inq. ad q. Damn., A.D. 1369.
(English) Dweller near a holy place, probably a monastery or church; one who came from Stow (holy place), the name of many places in England.
Parishes, &c., in cos. Selkirk, Lincoln, Salop, Huntingdon, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Oxford, Gloucester, Buckingham, Stafford, Northampton, &c.
A location name in Essex, Salop, Staffordshire.
Stow Demographics
Average Male Stow Height
176.92 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Stow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Stow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Stow is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Stow? popularity and diffusion
The last name Stow is the 87,623rd most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,327,664 people. The last name Stow is primarily found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Stow are found; 39 percent are found in North America and 39 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Stow is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly used given name on earth, held by 52 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,998 people, or 1 in 181,411. In The United States Stow is mostly found in: California, where 14 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Oklahoma, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent are found and Australia, where 13 percent are found.
Stow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Stow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Stow surname increased 145 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Stow Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Stow are 17.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.07% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Stow earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 28.43% more than the national average, earning R 305,196 per year; in United States they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $47,006 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.5% more than the national average, earning $53,908 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe | 89 | 18,038 | / |
| Stoew | 89 | 31 | / |
| Stowa | 89 | 7 | / |
| Stouw | 89 | 6 | / |
| Stoow | 89 | 1 | / |
| Stowp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Stows | 89 | 1 | / |
| Stowt | 89 | 0 | / |
| Stouwe | 80 | 23 | / |
| Stuows | 80 | 1 | / |
| Stof | 75 | 664 | / |
| Stob | 75 | 602 | / |
| Staw | 75 | 139 | / |
| Stov | 75 | 17 | / |
| Stuw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Xtow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Stawowa | 73 | 570 | / |
| Stabowa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Stoev | 67 | 7,901 | / |
| Stoff | 67 | 1,765 | / |
| Stoof | 67 | 1,294 | / |
| Stoib | 67 | 198 | / |
| Stoob | 67 | 192 | / |
| Stoub | 67 | 172 | / |
| Stoef | 67 | 111 | / |
| Stopf | 67 | 54 | / |
| Stoft | 67 | 53 | / |
| Stouf | 67 | 32 | / |
| Stofe | 67 | 32 | / |
| Stofs | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sztof | 67 | 30 | / |
| Stohf | 67 | 30 | / |
| Stawe | 67 | 28 | / |
| Stoif | 67 | 24 | / |
| Stoph | 67 | 17 | / |
| Stovp | 67 | 16 | / |
| Stawt | 67 | 16 | / |
| Staaw | 67 | 11 | / |
| Shtob | 67 | 7 | / |
| Stova | 67 | 6 | / |
| Shtof | 67 | 4 | / |
| Stotv | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sztob | 67 | 2 | / |
| Stoiv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shtov | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stofz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shtaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Staws | 67 | 1 | / |
| Stovs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Stofh | 67 | 0 | / |
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