Mow
English
editEtymology
editVarious origins:
- A variant of the surname Mao.
- A variant of the surnames Mowe or Maw.
- A Scottish habitational surname, from a place in the parish of Morebattle.
Proper noun
editMow (plural Mows)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mow is the 35866th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 626 individuals. Mow is most common among White (54.79%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (32.11%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 628.