Thow Surname
Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname
Thow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 375 | 1:14,277 | 1,822 |
| Australia | 268 | 1:100,730 | 11,375 |
| United States | 190 | 1:1,907,679 | 123,720 |
| Malaysia | 186 | 1:158,571 | 9,796 |
| England | 140 | 1:397,986 | 27,485 |
| Canada | 109 | 1:338,033 | 30,736 |
| New Zealand | 71 | 1:63,779 | 9,777 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 275 | 1:13,612 | 1,579 |
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Thow (973) may also be a first name.
Thow Demographics
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Thow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thow Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Thow (Tibetan: ཐོཝ།) is more commonly found in Scotland than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thow? popularity and diffusion
The surname Thow is the 275,596th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,175,814 people. The surname Thow is predominantly found in Europe, where 37 percent of Thow reside; 37 percent reside in Northern Europe and 37 percent reside in British Isles. Thow is also the 258,394th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 973 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 14,277. In Scotland it is most common in: Aberdeenshire, where 27 percent are found, Aberdeen City, where 14 percent are found and Fife, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Scotland Thow exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.
Thow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Thow has changed through the years. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name rose 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 2,111 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thow Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Thow surname are 27.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80.49% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Thow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.12% less than the national average, earning $40,509 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.96% more than the national average, earning $51,154 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thowe | 89 | 114 | / |
| Thouw | 89 | 9 | / |
| Dthow | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thuow | 89 | 1 | / |
| Thoww | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tow | 86 | 4,616 | / |
| Thoiws | 80 | 0 | / |
| Thaw | 75 | 38,930 | / |
| Towe | 75 | 6,389 | / |
| Towa | 75 | 4,898 | / |
| Touw | 75 | 2,193 | / |
| Thov | 75 | 408 | / |
| Toiw | 75 | 15 | / |
| Htow | 75 | 14 | / |
| Toow | 75 | 9 | / |
| Thof | 75 | 3 | / |
| Towh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tojw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tosw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Towf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Toww | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ttow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tahw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dtow | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thobowa | 73 | 210 | / |
| Thawe | 67 | 2,399 | / |
| Touwe | 67 | 321 | / |
| Thoif | 67 | 199 | / |
| Tahaw | 67 | 140 | / |
| Theuw | 67 | 50 | / |
| Thoph | 67 | 48 | / |
| Towhe | 67 | 18 | / |
| Toowe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Towch | 67 | 12 | / |
| T'Hof | 67 | 11 | / |
| Tohwe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Tovws | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tahwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Toowh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dtowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Towfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Touws | 67 | 1 | / |
Thow Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Thow in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཐོཝ། | towa | 33.33 |
| ཐོ་བོ། | towo | 33.33 |
| མཐོཝ | towa | 33.33 |
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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
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- 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 Thow
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