Last Name ROW

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Meaning The son of Rowland, from the nickname Rowe. A once popular personal name on the Scottish border and in North England in general. Also, local, 'of the row,' i.e. the row of cottages.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 11,635 (2000 US census) 18,472 (1990 US census)
Count 2,473 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.4%, or 2112 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.5%, or 136 total occurrences, as black,
  • 4.04%, or 100 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.61%, or 15 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.86%, or 46 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.59%, or 64 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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