Seow Surname

39,876th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Singapore

Seow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia7,7341:3,814568
Singapore3,1331:1,758193
Thailand7861:89,87112,531
United States3841:943,90370,502
Australia3521:76,6928,962
Canada1581:233,20022,307
England1281:435,29729,139
Hong Kong981:74,8521,406
Jamaica811:35,4312,435
Trinidad and Tobago741:18,4322,206
China541:25,320,7701,385
French Polynesia371:7,5891,667
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia111:12,022,654410,938
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Macau21:300,8151,009
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Seow (11,904) may also be a first name.

Seow Last Name Facts

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

Seow occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 39,876th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 553,681 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Seow reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Seow is also the 54,501st most frequent forename worldwide, held by 11,904 people.

It is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 7,734 people, or 1 in 3,814. In Malaysia Seow is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 38 percent live, Johor, where 15 percent live and Penang, where 14 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in Singapore, where 24 percent live and Thailand, where 6 percent live.

Seow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Seow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seow last name rose 38,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Seow last name are 2.6% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 50.63% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Seow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 30.34% more than the national average, earning $56,240 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.7% more than the national average, earning $67,420 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sieow89117/
Sheow8940/
Seowa8920/
Seoow892/
Seowe892/
Sehow892/
Seeow891/
Seoiw891/
Shehow8062/
Seahow804/
Seaoow801/
Seeoww801/
Seouwe801/
Scheow801/
Sheeow801/
Jeow75321/
Geow75319/
Seob7524/
Syow759/
Seov753/
Seof752/
Zeow752/
Ceow751/
Ssejhow731/
Seaouwe731/
Cheow671,966/
Sayow67513/
Sajow67468/
Sieuw67450/
Shiow67132/
Zeowa67121/
Sojow6753/
Sehob6747/
Soyow6727/
Seova678/
Sehov675/
Sheov673/
Jeeow671/
Suyow671/
Gehow671/
Seoev671/
Sehaw671/
Si'ow671/
Sieob671/
Seoff671/
Seoub671/
Sheof670/

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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
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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 Seow
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