Yarlow Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Yarlow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yarlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Yarlow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yarlow occurs most in Liberia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarlow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yarlow reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Yarlow is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Bong County, where 100 percent are found. Besides Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Yarlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Yarlow has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarlowe924/
Yarlov83187/
Jarlow8321/
Iarlow830/
Yarlova7727/
Jarlowe775/
Yarlyov772/
Hearlow770/
Jarlov6744/
Yorlov6721/
Jarlhov6221/
Yorloff6219/
Jarlhof622/
Yorlofs621/
Iorlowa621/
Earlhoff570/

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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 Yarlow
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