What We Know About the Stow Surname

Genealogists group Stow with Stowe. At root, the name means “From Stow or Stowe”.

Stow and Stowe

Stow drops the “e” of Stowe, a simplification that clerks often made. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Stow by the numbers

The 2010 census count for Stow in the United States was 1,455, good for rank 18,819. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Soto.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Stowe surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

Want more than a summary? See the Stow family name pack.