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Where Does The Last Name Yow Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Yow is more commonly found in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yow? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 59,943^rd most frequently held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 866,430 people. The surname Yow is mostly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Yow live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 43 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Yow is also the 116,470^th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 3,671 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 3,544 people, or 1 in 8,322. In Malaysia it is most numerous in: Selangor, where 36 percent are found, Johor, where 17 percent are found and Perak, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Malaysia Yow exists in 42 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 41 percent are found and Singapore, where 6 percent are found.

Yow Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Yow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Yow surname grew 849 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Yow Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Yow last name are 17.42% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.19% being registered with the political party.

The amount Yow earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 7.03% less than the national average, earning $40,114 USD per year and in Canada they earn 70.36% more than the national average, earning $84,638 CAD per year.