Trow

See also: trow

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Trew

Etymology

Various origins:

• A nickname for a trustworthy person, from Middle English trewe (“faithful, loyal”).
• A topographic surname for someone who lived near a depression in the ground, from Middle English trow (“trough”).

Proper noun

Trow (countable and uncountable, plural Trows)

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A ghost town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Trow is the 36048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 622 individuals. Trow is most common among White (94.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• ROTW, rowt, wort