Andrews Surname

1,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 310,143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Andrews Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Andrew"; v. Anderson. This name was very popular in the 13th century. As the name of the patron saint and knightly champion of Scotland, as title of the primatial see, no wonder that the Scotch have tried to monopolize Andrew, and no wonder that Anderson has followed Scotch emigration till Canada and the United States are flooded with it.

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Andrews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States178,2251:2,034190
England50,4511:1,104111
Australia21,0931:1,280128
Canada16,5291:2,229244
South Africa12,1201:4,470570
New Zealand3,8151:1,187115
Wales3,1871:97187
India3,1641:242,43514,129
Trinidad and Tobago2,7451:49754
Scotland2,2581:2,371441
Northern Ireland1,7261:1,069210
Saudi Arabia1,2321:25,0453,507
Ireland1,1711:4,021685
Guyana1,0201:74793
Liberia9611:4,587562
Jamaica7441:3,857543
France5851:113,54317,037
Germany5561:144,79417,468
Belize4861:731157
Fiji4711:1,899282
Thailand4671:151,26023,946
Nigeria4391:403,51421,145
Bahamas3991:982190
Grenada3881:28040
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines3821:29553
Israel3551:24,1063,552
Spain3031:154,29711,312
Bahrain2941:4,587818
Chile2941:59,9202,566
Vanuatu2361:1,116281
Zimbabwe1921:80,40811,765
Brazil1681:1,274,25243,696
Ghana1491:181,34711,383
Netherlands1481:114,10318,152
United States Virgin Islands1331:830117
Nicaragua1241:48,5571,407
Kenya1231:375,44621,575
Mexico1211:1,025,83613,317
Philippines1111:912,05682,078
Iraq1001:350,2176,594
Honduras991:89,0551,606
Sweden951:103,6507,490
Malaysia941:313,76817,074
Jersey931:1,067135
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Switzerland841:97,77310,519
Venezuela831:363,9057,786
Colombia821:582,6117,469
Guatemala811:198,5513,805
Greece771:143,89323,795
Belgium751:153,28921,368
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Japan601:2,130,73828,607
United Arab Emirates571:160,74211,909
Barbados541:5,323596
Papua New Guinea541:150,99520,848
Isle of Man531:1,619284
Aruba511:2,029300
Denmark511:110,68110,317
Guernsey511:1,264261
Panama501:78,2453,248
Kuwait481:79,1819,331
Russia481:3,002,564162,760
Norway471:109,41014,618
Lesotho461:44,1867,268
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha451:13032
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Italy421:1,456,11280,162
Antigua and Barbuda411:2,419382
Dominica391:1,946313
Pakistan391:4,580,61230,982
Cayman Islands381:1,681216
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Argentina341:1,257,15973,489
China331:41,433,9872,228
Bermuda291:2,251365
Peru291:1,096,00419,774
Ecuador261:611,76311,738
Hong Kong261:282,1343,075
Malta241:17,9281,021
British Virgin Islands211:1,504212
Czechia191:559,65656,138
Oman191:194,1043,633
Turks and Caicos Islands181:1,907201
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Tanzania151:3,529,44150,903
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Poland141:2,714,911112,031
Syria141:1,378,6447,647
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Saint Lucia111:16,2531,328
Gibraltar101:3,395741
Sri Lanka101:2,080,8569,181
Finland91:610,74534,002
Samoa91:21,534479
Swaziland91:144,244719
Zambia91:1,761,10232,119
Afghanistan81:4,019,14821,487
Egypt81:11,491,96962,263
Guam81:20,0153,029
Vietnam81:11,580,7572,851
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Nauru71:1,697282
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Anguilla61:2,239218
Malawi61:2,853,18524,029
Norfolk Island61:38264
Slovakia61:889,40878,715
Slovenia61:414,61218,975
Bangladesh51:31,871,35517,304
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Namibia51:481,88011,140
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Luxembourg41:145,1366,519
Micronesia41:26,561731
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Yemen41:6,606,32425,896
Cook Islands31:6,0601,122
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Solomon Islands31:193,34319,495
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Burundi21:4,902,4262,336
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Laos21:3,294,1621,900
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Macau21:300,8151,009
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Rwanda21:5,682,4895,910
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,5951:2,777518
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England27,2161:89690
Scotland7771:4,818754
Wales7021:2,234150
Jersey261:1,995333
Guernsey71:4,665827
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States33,8601:1,483154

Andrews (45,657) may also be a first name.

Andrews Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Andrew"; v. Anderson. This name was very popular in the 13th century. As the name of the patron saint and knightly champion of Scotland, as title of the primatial see, no wonder that the Scotch have tried to monopolize Andrew, and no wonder that Anderson has followed Scotch emigration till Canada and the United States are flooded with it. But Andrew was very popular in its day in England, as our Andrews can testify. In any case, as an apostolic name it was bound to be popular all over Europe.

--- Anderewe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robert Andrea, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nicholas fil. Andree, Salop, ibid.

John Andre, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Henry fil. Andr, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Thomas Andreu, vicar of Briston, Norfolk, 1442: History of Norfolk.

1619. Thomas Fuller and Elizabeth Andrewes: Marriage Lic. (London).

1623. Buried — Benjamin Andrewes, of Norwich, merchant: History of Norfolk.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Andrew’s (Son): v. Andrew.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This English name is sometimes used as a synonym of MacAndrew

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English, Scottish) The son of Andrew (man).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This is either a Sephardic Jewish surname that was Lithuanianized or taken later by a Sephardic family (with two members changing the Kohanic "Kasis" to "Kazys" for their given names, leaving the only clue as to their heritage). Only one family member is known to have used "Andrulis", and the rest took "Andrews" either to conceal their Jewish heritage or assimilate. The rest took "Andruskiewicz", among other names and variants of other names, as a way to conceal their Jewish heritage.

"Andrulewicz" is among the Polonized variants, "Andrulevich" among the other Eastern European-linguistic variants (e.g., "Андрулевіч" in Ukrainian), and "Andrelewitz" among the ones not listed here (e.g., of Rochla Andrelewitz, Rochla bas Gilya or Rachel bat Hillel).

- nickidewbear

Andrews Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Andrews Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Andrews (Arabic: اندروز, Hindi: एण्ड्रज, Marathi: अंडुस) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Andrews.

How Common Is The Last Name Andrews? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,768th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,497 people. The surname Andrews is mostly found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Andrews are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 19,959th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 45,657 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 178,225 people, or 1 in 2,034. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 170 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Andrews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Andrews has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Andrews last name grew 526 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 454 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 291 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 27 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Andrews Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (42%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Maronite (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Andrews surname are 9.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.4% being registered with the political party.

The amount Andrews earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning 352,878 kr per year; in Peru they earn 53.76% less than the national average, earning S/. 8,964 per year; in South Africa they earn 4.9% less than the national average, earning R 225,996 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.84% less than the national average, earning $20,921,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.23% less than the national average, earning $42,619 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.93% more than the national average, earning $51,141 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Andrews Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Andrews in the Hindi language
एण्ड्रजendraja40
एन्ड्रूजendruja40
एण्ड्रूजendruja20
Andrews in the Marathi language
अंडुसandusa27.27
अन्दसandasa18.18
अन्डूसandusa18.18
अनडरुसanadarusa18.18
इंदृसindrsa18.18
Andrews in the Arabic language
اندروزandrwz-

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