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    The surname Pow

    A Chinese surname, carried by 368 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P000

    Pow: #55,741 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pow #55,741, 368 people Pow: #55,741 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pow #55,741, 368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pow is more common than 65.6% of them.

    Origin

    Chinese origin

    Three possible origins: * A variant of the English surname Poe. * Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑 /鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. * Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters.

    One of 193 Chinese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 368 people named Pow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 838,982 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 314.

    #55,741
    rank among US surnames
    368
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.2%
    change since 2000 (was #60,083)

    Who is named Pow

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    56% of people named Pow identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 56%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 21%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pows

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rebecca Pow
      British Conservative party politician (born 1960)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pow

    Pow has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.

    Other Chinese surnames

    All 193 Chinese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pow come from?
    Three possible origins: * A variant of the English surname Poe. * Borrowed from Cantonese 包 (baau1) and 鮑 /鲍 (baau1); compare Bao, which derives from the standard Chinese pronunciation of these characters. * Borrowed from Hokkien 傅 (pò͘); compare Fu, which derives from the standard Chinese…
    How common is the surname Pow?
    368 people in the United States had the surname Pow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 838,982 Americans. It ranked 55,741st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pow?
    In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Pow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Who is the most famous person named Pow?
    Rebecca Pow, British Conservative party politician (born 1960).
    Where is the surname Pow most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pow in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Pow getting more or less common?
    More common. 314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 368 in 2010, up 17%.