Last Name STOW

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Meaning Local: Of Stow. Medieaval English 'stow.' a place. Similarly: Chepstow, i.e. the market-place, and Plaistow, the play place, the open place for game, etc. There are six parishes of Stow and find and five of Stowe in England. The parishes in counties Lincoln and Cambridge seems to have been the chief parents.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 18,057 (2000 US census) 21,205 (1990 US census)
Count 1,424 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.08%, or 1354 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.63%, or 9 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.77%, or 11 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.7%, or 10 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.33%, or 19 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.47%, or 21 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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