Wolow Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Wolow Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 64 | 1:133,713 | 14,383 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Wolów (1) are calculated separately.
Wolow Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wolow Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wolow is most common in Israel. It can also be rendered as a variant: Wolów. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wolow? popularity and diffusion
Wolow is the 2,106,139th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Wolow live; 80 percent live in West Asia and 80 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.
It is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 133,713. In Israel Wolow is most numerous in: Southern District, where 42 percent live, Haifa District, where 17 percent live and Northern District, where 16 percent live. Excluding Israel Wolow is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolów | 93 | 1 | / |
| Wollow | 91 | 47 | / |
| Wolowa | 91 | 9 | / |
| Wolhow | 91 | 2 | / |
| Wolowe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Woslow | 91 | 1 | / |
| Wholow | 91 | 0 | / |
| Woolow | 91 | 0 | / |
| Wolhowe | 83 | 35 | / |
| Woullow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Whotlow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Wooslow | 83 | 0 | / |
| Walow | 80 | 611 | / |
| Wolov | 80 | 50 | / |
| Volow | 80 | 13 | / |
| Wolof | 80 | 9 | / |
| Wulow | 80 | 4 | / |
| Welow | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wolob | 80 | 1 | / |
| Woollowe | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bollow | 73 | 880 | / |
| Walowe | 73 | 266 | / |
| Wallow | 73 | 222 | / |
| Wehlow | 73 | 81 | / |
| Walowa | 73 | 62 | / |
| Woloff | 73 | 39 | / |
| Wolova | 73 | 39 | / |
| Voslow | 73 | 17 | / |
| Volowa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Volowe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Huolow | 73 | 3 | / |
| Boloow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wollof | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wolouf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bolouw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wolobh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Wolawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Weelow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Waliow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Woolof | 73 | 0 | / |
| Vollow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wolhof | 73 | 0 | / |
| Woylaw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wollob | 73 | 0 | / |
| Wooloff | 67 | 102 | / |
| Wolloff | 67 | 93 | / |
| Wolhoff | 67 | 55 | / |
| Woyslaw | 67 | 14 | / |
| Voislow | 67 | 13 | / |
| Walhowe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Weullow | 67 | 3 | / |
| Woelhof | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wollofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Voslouw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boulouw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Woiloff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wheelow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whatlow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wallows | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wollhof | 67 | 0 | / |
| Whaalow | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Wolow
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