Wollow Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Liberia

Wollow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wollow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Liberia151:293,90216,977
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Wollow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wollow occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wollow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Wollow live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Wollow is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa Wollow is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 100 percent are found. Barring South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 32 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Wollow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wollow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wollow surname declined 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wollow Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Wollow earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 25.26% less than the national average, earning R 177,600 per year and in United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Woullow921/
Wolow9180/
Woollowe860/
Bollow83880/
Wallow83222/
Wolowa839/
Wolhow832/
Wolowe831/
Woslow831/
Wollof831/
Wholow830/
Woolow830/
Vollow830/
Wollob830/
Wolloff7793/
Wolhowe7735/
Weullow773/
Wollofe772/
Whotlow771/
Wallows771/
Wooslow770/
Wollhof770/
Walow73611/
Wolov7350/
Volow7313/
Wolof739/
Wulow734/
Welow732/
Wolów731/
Wolob731/
Woellhof71158/
Woolloff7172/
Woollotf711/
Vallow67305/
Walowe67266/
Wehlow6781/
Walowa6762/
Wallof6760/
Woloff6739/
Wolova6739/
Voslow6717/
Bollof6711/
Volowa678/
Bollov677/
Volowe677/
Bollob673/
Büllow673/
Wallaw673/
Huolow673/
Vollov673/
Vollob672/
Boloow671/
Bolouw671/
Waliow671/
Wolawe671/
Wolouf671/
Wallov671/
Weelow671/
Wolobh671/
Woylaw670/
Wolhof670/
Woolof670/
Bollaw670/
Wollaf670/

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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 Wollow
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