How common is the surname Stow?

1,455 people in the United States had the surname Stow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stow?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stow?

John Stow, 16th-century English historian and antiquarian, followed by Marietta Stow.

Where is the surname Stow most common?

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

How do you pronounce Stow?

Stow is /ˈstaʊ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Stow getting more or less common?

More common. 1,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Stow

A surname, carried by 1,455 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstaʊ/ 1 syllable Soundex S300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stow is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,455 people named Stow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,424.

#18,819

rank among US surnames

1,455

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #18,057)

Who is named Stow

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

95% of people named Stow identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stows

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Stow
16th-century English historian and antiquarian, 1525–1605
Marietta Stow
American politician (1837-1902)
K. Langloh Parker
Australian writer, collector of Aboriginal legends (1856–1940)

Notable Stows come mostly from England (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stow

Stow has the Soundex code S300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S300.

Questions

How common is the surname Stow?: 1,455 people in the United States had the surname Stow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,196 Americans. It ranked 18,819th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stow?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stow?: John Stow, 16th-century English historian and antiquarian, followed by Marietta Stow.
Where is the surname Stow most common?: Wikidata records people named Stow in England, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
How do you pronounce Stow?: Stow is /ˈstaʊ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Stow getting more or less common?: More common. 1,424 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,455 in 2010, up 2.2%.