Yiow Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Singapore
Highest density in:
Singapore

Yiow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yiow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Yiow (103) may also be a first name.

Yiow Last Name Facts

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

Yiow is most common in Singapore. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yiow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Yiow is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Yiow live; 97 percent live in Southeast Asia and 59 percent live in Sinio-Southeast Asia. Yiow is also the 930,172nd most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 103 people.

This surname is most widespread in Singapore, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 323,983. Aside from Singapore this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayiow892/
Yihow891/
Yiowa891/
Yow868,411/
Iow869/
Oyow752,713/
Yowe75428/
Eyow75212/
Ayow75103/
Ijow7565/
Hiow7562/
Yiaw7548/
Jiow7532/
Iowe7510/
Uyow759/
Hyow754/
Ihow754/
Yoww751/
Oiow751/
Uiow751/
Yowz751/
Yowf751/
Yiob751/
Eiow751/
Ieow751/
Ioow751/
Iowp751/
Iowz751/
Hayow67465/
Haiow67245/
Ihowa6776/
Ihowe6737/
Yeouw679/
Yowpp679/
Hiowe677/
Ayiob676/
Ijowe673/
Hoyow673/
Jijow672/
Youow672/
Ijowa672/
Eyiob671/
Ayowh671/
Aiyow671/
Yohwe671/
Hijow671/
Giouw671/
Jihow671/
Yiawe671/
Yhowa671/
Iozsw671/
Yohow670/

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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 Yiow
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