Yeow Surname

60,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Yeow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yeow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia5,6811:5,192715
Singapore1,2711:4,333312
Thailand5381:131,29820,061
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Australia1711:157,87016,525
England1291:431,92329,000
Hong Kong701:104,7931,905
Canada581:635,26952,014
Qatar471:50,1704,949
United Arab Emirates391:234,93015,673
Brunei371:11,3171,397
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
China191:71,964,2933,948
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Philippines91:11,248,691221,039
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Macau11:601,6301,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Yeow (5,052) may also be a first name.

Yeow Last Name Facts

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

Yeow is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yeow? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yeow is the 60,453rd most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 874,331 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Yeow reside; 91 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yeow is also the 95,607th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 5,052 people.

The surname Yeow is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 5,681 people, or 1 in 5,192. In Malaysia it is primarily found in: Selangor, where 37 percent are found, Johor, where 13 percent are found and Penang, where 10 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this last name occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Singapore, where 15 percent are found and Thailand, where 6 percent are found.

Yeow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Yeow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Yeow last name grew 8,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yeow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Yeow last name are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.16% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Yeow earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.25% more than the national average, earning $44,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.25% more than the national average, earning $61,732 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yeouw899/
Yejow891/
Yeows890/
Yehowe801/
Yeaw75430/
Jeow75321/
Yeuw7582/
Yeob7529/
Eowh751/
Ieow751/
Jehow67256/
Yeova674/
Yeawe674/
Iheow672/
Jeyow671/
Eowwf671/
Gehow671/
Jeeow671/
Yehov671/
Jayow671/

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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 Yeow
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