# Stow (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stow/  
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) | 1,455 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,819 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 212,196 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (1,424 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstaʊ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stow 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stow in England, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Stow

- John Stow, 16th-century English historian and antiquarian
- Marietta Stow, American politician (1837-1902)
- K. Langloh Parker, Australian writer, collector of Aboriginal legends (1856–1940)

## Similar surnames

Sato, Stough, Seto, Stoy, Suto, Stowe, Scott, Soto, Sweet, South, Schott, Syed.

## 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.