Where does the last name "Rowe" come from?

What culture is that name from? What part of the world? What ethnicity?

Matt2009-12-16T14:01:38Z

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My Grandfather's Aunt's cousin married a Rowe, and apparently he did a lot of work on the Rowe family tree, but I've never been able to track any of it down... His name was Spencer.

Robin2009-12-16T13:45:42Z

Rowe Name Meaning and History
topographic name for someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses built next to one another, from Middle English row (northern Middle English raw, from Old English raw).
from the medieval personal name Row, a variant of Rou(l) (see Rollo, Rolf) or a short form of Rowland.
English name adopted by bearers of French Baillargeon.

Kenzie2009-12-16T13:38:29Z

I don't know, but I knows tonsss of people with the last name Rowe.