Stow Surname

87,623rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

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.

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Stow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9981:181,41118,121
England1,9441:28,6623,869
Australia6901:39,1245,070
South Africa2871:188,77220,532
Nigeria1591:1,114,10545,936
Canada1431:257,66124,352
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
France371:1,795,209158,669
Wales301:103,1518,167
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Scotland201:267,69112,985
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Zimbabwe61:2,573,040106,478
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Macau11:601,6301,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3121:18,5792,674
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3741:36,5494,336

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.

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

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).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(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.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(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.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes, &c., in cos. Selkirk, Lincoln, Salop, Huntingdon, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Oxford, Gloucester, Buckingham, Stafford, Northampton, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Essex, Salop, Staffordshire.

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

Stow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Stow has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Stow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Stow is the 87,623rd most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,327,664 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 39 percent of Stow reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 39 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Stow is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 52 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,998 people, or 1 in 181,411. In The United States Stow is primarily concentrated in: California, where 14 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Oklahoma, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 35 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Stow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Stow has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the 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 holding the surname is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Stow surname are 17.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.07% being registered with the political 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

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Stowe8918,038/
Stoew8931/
Stowa897/
Stouw896/
Stoow891/
Stowp891/
Stows891/
Stowt890/
Stouwe8023/
Stuows801/
Stof75664/
Stob75602/
Staw75139/
Stov7517/
Stuw752/
Xtow751/
Stawowa73570/
Stabowa731/
Stoev677,901/
Stoff671,765/
Stoof671,294/
Stoib67198/
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Stoub67172/
Stoef67111/
Stopf6754/
Stoft6753/
Stouf6732/
Stofe6732/
Stofs6732/
Sztof6730/
Stohf6730/
Stawe6728/
Stoif6724/
Stoph6717/
Stovp6716/
Stawt6716/
Staaw6711/
Shtob677/
Stova676/
Shtof674/
Stotv672/
Sztob672/
Stoiv671/
Shtov671/
Stofz671/
Shtaw671/
Staws671/
Stovs670/
Stofh670/

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