Vow Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia

Vow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Vow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cambodia661:234,6543,218
Mauritania161:255,92911,901
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales51:313,68310,604
England21:12,187,685173,419

Vow (98) may also be a first name.

Vow Last Name Facts

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

Vow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮ) is found most in Cambodia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Vow.

How Common Is The Last Name Vow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,806,862nd most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. Vow is primarily found in Asia, where 69 percent of Vow are found; 68 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Khmer-Asia. Vow is also the 956,749th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 98 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Cambodia, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 234,654. In Cambodia it is most common in: Takéo Province, where 27 percent live, Kandal Province, where 17 percent live and Kampong Chhnang Province, where 12 percent live. Other than Cambodia it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 15 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Vow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Vow has changed over time. In Wales it declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vowe8646/
Vfow863/
Voiw861/
Vohw861/
Vowz861/
Voww861/
Vowp861/
Vhow861/
Vgow861/
Voosw751/
Fow67369/
Wow67264/
Vob6726/
Vof6726/
Vov6719/
Vaw6710/
Uow677/

Vow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Vow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻮfw-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Vow
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