Yarrow Surname

55,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,069 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Yarrow Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yarrow,' a parish in Selkirkshire.

1573. Buried — Sare Yarrowe, d. of Marques Yarrow, a stranger: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1766. Married — John Yarrow and Susanna Merredith: St.

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Yarrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia3,0391:4,426386
Kenya2,6251:17,5922,099
England1,3081:42,5985,437
United States7751:467,68939,813
Australia6291:42,9185,459
Canada3701:99,58310,815
Peru691:460,63913,676
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Scotland471:113,9117,445
Ireland401:117,7235,959
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Wales171:182,03112,022
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5691:42,8395,380
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1231:408,28230,178

Yarrow (1,447) may also be a first name.

Yarrow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Yarrow,' a parish in Selkirkshire.

1573. Buried — Sare Yarrowe, d. of Marques Yarrow, a stranger: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1766. Married — John Yarrow and Susanna Merredith: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Celtic) belonging to Yarrow; or Dweller by the R. Yarrow = the Rough or Turbulent (River) [Cym. garw = Gaelic and Irish garbh, rough, turbulent: Welsh garw also = a torrent] There is an Afon [River] Garw in Glamorganshire which “rushes very hurriedly and noisily”; and a river Geirw in Denbighshire. In Perthshire the river-name takes the form Garry. The cognate Irish stream-name is Owen [pron. of Irish abhainn, river] Garve, just as Owen-duff, 'Black River,’ is the Irish cogn. of the Welsh Afon-ddu (Carnarvon) = River Dee.

Flows Yarrow sweet? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed.—‘The Braes of Yarrow’ (Selkirk); Percy’s Reliques.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Selkirkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A plant; the millfoil, or plant of a thousand leaves.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Scotland., Somerset Also Jarrow, Durham.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Yarrow Last Name Facts

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

Yarrow (Arabic: يارو) is found most frequently in Somalia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Yarrow click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yarrow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 55,961st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 803,567 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Yarrow live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 205,110th most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 1,447 people.

The surname Yarrow is most numerous in Somalia, where it is held by 3,039 people, or 1 in 4,426. Barring Somalia it occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent reside and England, where 14 percent reside.

Yarrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yarrow has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Yarrow surname expanded 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 630 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 313 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 364 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Yarrow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Yarrow last name are 19.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.18% registered with the party.

The amount Yarrow earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 122.91% more than the national average, earning S/. 43,211 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.89% less than the national average, earning R 209,376 per year; in United States they earn 11.42% more than the national average, earning $48,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.38% less than the national average, earning $48,501 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yarrows92106/
Yarow9120,696/
Yarowe831,374/
Yaroow83346/
Jarrow83340/
Yarowa8319/
Yarows8311/
Yarouw831/
Hearrow771/
Jarrows771/
Yarov732,258/
Yaraw73393/
Jarow73102/
Yarob7310/
Yorow734/
Yarof731/
Yarova672,227/
Yorowe67345/
Yaroub67179/
Jarraw67118/
Jarowa6776/
Yorowa6771/
Yaarob6736/
Yarawe6729/
Jargow6723/
Yaroev6721/
Iatrow6715/
Yaroof6712/
Yaroff6712/
Eahrow678/
Jarrov677/
Jarrob677/
Jahrow677/
Yarofe675/
Yaroob674/
Yasrof674/
Yarraf673/
Yarouf672/
Yargov671/
Jayrow671/
Yargaw671/
Yaraaw671/
Jearow670/
Gearow670/

Yarrow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yarrow in the Arabic language
ياروyarw-

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