Explore the Family Name Jallow

The meaning of Jallow

1. West African (mainly Gambia): variant of Diallo. Compare Jalloh. 2. English (Glamorgan): probably a back-formation from a surname originating in Middle English jelous ‘jealous, amorous’ (from Anglo-Norman French gelous ‘greedy, jealous’).

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How common is the last name Jallow in the United States?

The surname Jallow has significantly increased in popularity from the 2000 to the 2010 Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, the surname ranked 48,380, while in 2010 it climbed up to 27,331—an impressive rise of 43.51%. The total count of individuals with this last name also showed a significant increase from 410 in 2000 to 884 in 2010, marking a 115.61% growth. Moreover, the proportion per 100k of the population with the Jallow surname doubled from 0.15 in 2000 to 0.3 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#48,380	#27,331	43.51%
Count	410	884	115.61%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.3	100%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Jallow

When it comes to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Jallow identify as Black. This group saw an increase from 86.83% in 2000 to 91.52% in 2010. There was also a small emergence of Hispanic ethnicity within this surname between 2000 and 2010. However, those who identified as having two or more races saw a significant decrease from 8.05% in 2000 to 2.60% in 2010. Additionally, the percentage of individuals identifying as White slightly decreased from 4.63% to 4.30%, while there were no recorded individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	86.83%	91.52%	5.4%
White	4.63%	4.3%	-7.13%
Two or More Races	8.05%	2.6%	-67.7%
Hispanic	0%	0.9%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%