Ballow is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ballow
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

Lastname is form of Bellow. Bear arms similar to those of Bellew.

The is the form of the Bellhouse. Anglo-Saxon bel-hús, a mansion. It was a mark of dignity to be possessed of a bell. In the reign of Athelstan every ceorle or freeman who owned five hides of land, a church, a kitchen, and a bell-house took rank as a Thane. De Belhus and De la Belhuse are in H.R.

Ballow is form of Bellet. William Belet, steward of William the Conqueror, was a tenant-in chief in counties Hants and Dorset. Domesday As the name is not prefixed by De, it is doubtless a descriptive sobriquet, perhaps signifying a "handsome little fellow." His descendants were barons hy tenure tilltemp. Hen. III. Nicolas 'Synopsis.

Ballow is form of Bellows. One who came from Bellou or Belleau meaning "fair, water," in France.

How popular is Ballow?

Ballow is common in United States.

Ballow is ranked 304200 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ballows grew by 39.02 per cent to 1450 since 2000 and ranked 18858 after elevating 4052 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 69.1 80.92
Black 17.86 9.59
Hispanic or Latino 10.41 7.19
Others 1.03 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.97 0.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.62 0.48
Ballow is an uncommon last name, few people in United States and United States Virgin Islands have the family name. Around 1245 people have been found who wears Ballow as their family name. Ballow have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Ballow:
28,039 United States1,189
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
219,567 Nigeria15
180,238 Canada11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
283,807 Germany8
863,365 India6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Christian Ballow worked as laborer and hailed from Prussia. 30 years old embarked for USA from Hamburg on John Bertram and arrived on November 20, 1865. Friederike Ballow (30), Marie Ballow (9 months old), 52 years old Johann Ballow, E-Miss Ballow, aged 22, are others that migrated to US from Hamburg, Bremen and Antwerp.

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