Cognomen Dow (道 
, Dow 
, Дау 
, among others...) , around the globe, is a common last name. The cognomen Dow is characteristic of Botswana, where it is quite a rare surname, Libya, and Lesotho. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in China, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Also, Dow is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 道 | China |
| Dow | China, Myanmar, United States, United Kingdom, Canada |
| Дау | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
| Доу | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| דאו | Israel |
| robert dow Dow, Robert (1553–1588), music copyist (b. 1553) |
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| marcus dow DE (b. 1613) |
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| joseph dow 20 Mar 1639 - 4 Apr 1703 (b. 1639) |
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| samuel dow 4 Nov 1662 - 20 Jun 1714 (b. 1662) |
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| josiah dow 2 Jul 1679 - 18 Apr 1718 (b. 1679) |
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alexander dow British orientalist and writer, IN (b. 1735) |
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| eliphas dow American murderer (b. 1705) |
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| winthrop dow 20 Sep 1711 - (b. 1711) |
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| abraham dow 2 May 1714 - 18 Feb 1784 (b. 1714) |
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| anna dow Apr 1718 - 21 May 1761 (b. 1718) |
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lorenzo dow American preacher (1777-1834), US (b. 1777) |
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peggy dow American religious writer (1780-1820) (b. 1780) |
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| daniel dow Scottish musician, GB (b. 1732) |
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| jedediah dow 27 Oct 1739 - 10 May 1826 (b. 1739) |
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dow ber meisels Polish rabbi, PL (b. 1798) |
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