Thow Surname

275,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Thow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Thow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3751:14,2771,822
Australia2681:100,73011,375
United States1901:1,907,679123,720
Malaysia1861:158,5719,796
England1401:397,98627,485
Canada1091:338,03330,736
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Senegal51:2,915,8685,479
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2751:13,6121,579
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Thow (973) may also be a first name.

Thow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Thow (Tibetan: ཐོཝ།) is carried by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Thow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Thow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Thow is the 275,596th most prevalent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,175,814 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 37 percent of Thow are found; 37 percent are found in Northern Europe and 37 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 258,394th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 973 people.

The last name Thow is most frequently occurring in Scotland, where it is borne by 375 people, or 1 in 14,277. In Scotland it is mostly found in: Aberdeenshire, where 27 percent reside, Aberdeen City, where 14 percent reside and Fife, where 11 percent reside. Other than Scotland this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Thow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Thow has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Thow surname grew 136 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 2,111 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Thow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Thow last name are 27.26% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US 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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Thowe89114/
Thouw899/
Dthow891/
Thuow891/
Thoww891/
Tow864,616/
Thoiws800/
Thaw7538,930/
Towe756,389/
Towa754,898/
Touw752,193/
Thov75408/
Toiw7515/
Htow7514/
Toow759/
Thof753/
Towh752/
Tojw752/
Tosw751/
Towf751/
Toww751/
Ttow751/
Tahw751/
Dtow751/
Thobowa73210/
Thawe672,399/
Touwe67321/
Thoif67199/
Tahaw67140/
Theuw6750/
Thoph6748/
Towhe6718/
Toowe6713/
Towch6712/
T'Hof6711/
Tohwe679/
Tovws673/
Tahwe672/
Toowh671/
Dtowa671/
Towfe671/
Touws671/

Thow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Thow in the Tibetan language
ཐོཝ།towa33.33
ཐོ་བོ།towo33.33
མཐོཝtowa33.33

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Thow
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