Zülow Surname

1,701,480th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 115 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Zülow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zülow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany961:838,59960,830
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Zulow (54) are calculated separately.

Zülow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zülow is most common in Germany. It can be rendered as: Zulow. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zülow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Zülow is the 1,701,480th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Zülow live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Zülow is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 96 people, or 1 in 838,599. In Germany Zülow is most frequent in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 43 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live. Beside Germany Zülow is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 13 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zulow9354/
Zühlow9143/
Zlow891/
Zelow8042/
Zylow8037/
Zolow802/
Zilow801/
Zuelow73151/
Zullow7329/
Zellow7329/
Süllow7328/
Zillow737/
Zahlow737/
Zallow736/
Zielow734/
Zaelow734/
Zilouw731/
Zulowa731/
Zolowa731/
Zutlow731/
Xlow674/
Ziellow674/
Zluw671/
Zlaw671/
Zieilow671/

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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 Zülow
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