Weslow Surname

914,967th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 290 people bear this surname

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

Weslow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Weslow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2821:1,285,31590,259
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
England31:18,572,686338,250
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Weslow Last Name Facts

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

Weslow is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Weslow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 914,967th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Weslow live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Weslow is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 1,285,315. In The United States Weslow is most frequent in: Maryland, where 27 percent are found, Wisconsin, where 16 percent are found and California, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Weslow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Weslow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weslow surname rose 1,484 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Weslow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Weslow surname are 26.49% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.26% being registered with the political party.

Weslow earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.67% more than the national average, earning $47,320 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Weislow9265/
Wieslow921/
Wesslow921/
Wieshlow8630/
Wislow8321/
Waslow838/
Wyslow834/
Wesłow831/
Weslaw831/
Woslow831/
Weclow830/
Wishlow77190/
Wieslaw77106/
Beyslow7769/
Washlow7761/
Wayslow7713/
Woeslaw7710/
Wisloow773/
Wejslaw771/
Weslouf771/
Weeslaw771/
Wesloff771/
Wechlow770/
Waislow770/
Whislow770/
Weislaw770/
Veishlow716/
Whishlow712/
Wieszlaw712/
Weislova711/
Veslov67126/
Vaslow6741/
Bislow6736/
Waslov6723/
Wislaw6720/
Voslow6717/
Beslov675/
Weisleopf671/
Wesslhoft671/
Wesław671/

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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 Weslow
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