# Karow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/karow/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 757 |
| US rank (2010) | 30,767 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 407,854 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (717 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

East German surname, from several places in Germany, some of them of Slavic origin, such as Karow in Jerichow. The first element is uncertain, possibly a name, and the second is the common East German placename suffix -ow, itself of Slavic origin.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Karow in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Kaur, Karr, Kara, Kerr, Khoury, Kier, Kerry, Kear, Koury, Kehr, Kohr, Khouri.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.