Last Name STOWE

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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.
A fixed place or mansion; a town, a garrison.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 3,314 (2000 US census) 3,118 (1990 US census)
Count 9,908 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 86.01%, or 8522 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 9.75%, or 966 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.41%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 53 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.59%, or 158 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.7%, or 168 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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