Tow Surname

102,147th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Tow Surname Definition:

(English) Tough [Dialectal English tow, Old English tóh]

Tow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7321:132,67213,948
Malaysia7991:36,9143,071
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Australia1771:152,51816,101
India1671:4,593,206118,643
England1091:511,17532,340
Mauritania691:59,3464,180
Canada431:856,87466,382
Mexico391:3,182,72323,538
Indonesia361:3,673,589193,360
Thailand301:2,354,612261,046
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Argentina231:1,858,40995,340
Singapore211:262,27211,611
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Senegal151:971,9563,098
Liberia121:367,37819,503
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
China71:195,331,65210,124
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
France21:33,211,361423,184
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1521:160,36413,879
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4131:121,59511,832

Tow (1,868) may also be a first name.

Tow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Tough [Dialectal English tow, Old English tóh]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Another orthography of Tough, which see.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Thou; a location name in Normandy. Or from the Dutch, Touw; from the German, Thau; a personal name.

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

Tow Last Name Facts

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

Tow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮ, Tibetan: ལྟའུ་) is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Tow is the 102,147th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,578,758 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Tow reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 176,115th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 1,868 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,732 people, or 1 in 132,672. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and Indiana, where 5 percent are found. Aside from The United States Tow occurs in 49 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 17 percent are found and Egypt, where 5 percent are found.

Tow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Tow last name expanded 662 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 28 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tow surname are 18.35% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.12% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tow earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 40.28% less than the national average, earning R 141,924 per year; in United States they earn 7% more than the national average, earning $46,169 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.59% less than the national average, earning $46,408 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towe866,389/
Towa864,898/
Touw862,193/
Thow861,408/
Toiw8615/
Htow8614/
Toow869/
Toew868/
Tojw862/
Towh862/
Dtow861/
Tosw861/
Towf861/
Toww861/
Ttow861/
Touwe75321/
Thowe75114/
Towhe7518/
Toewf7518/
Toowe7513/
Towch7512/
Tohwe759/
Thouw759/
Tovws753/
Touws751/
Dthow751/
Toowh751/
Touyw751/
Dtowa751/
Towfe751/
Thuow751/
Towth751/
Thoww751/
Thoew750/
Taw6714,440/
Tob672,054/
Tov671,323/
Tof67213/
Tuw6770/
Tobowa672/
Thoiws670/

Tow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮtw90
ﺍﻟﺘﻮaltw10
Tow in the Tibetan language
ལྟའུ་ta'u85.71
སྟའུ་ta'u14.29

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Tow Reference & Research

Tow/Towe/Tower FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Tow/Towe/Tower FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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