Bew Surname

122,653rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,726 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Bew Surname Definition:

(Celt, or Celtic-Teut.) Son of Hew or Hugh. [Welsh ab-Hew, ab-Hugh: v.

Hugh; ab, ap. son (of] (French-Latin) an Anglicization of the French (le) Beau = Fair, Handsome. [French beau, bel; Latin bell-us]

Bew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India2,5781:297,54316,781
England4331:128,67912,798
United States3631:998,50973,813
Australia1681:160,68916,729
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
South Africa271:2,006,58290,678
Wales241:128,9399,528
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4011:60,7867,098
Wales161:98,0264,293
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States841:597,84140,179

Bew (113) may also be a first name.

Bew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celt, or Celtic-Teut.) Son of Hew or Hugh. [Welsh ab-Hew, ab-Hugh: v.

Hugh; ab, ap. son (of] (French-Latin) an Anglicization of the French (le) Beau = Fair, Handsome. [French beau, bel; Latin bell-us]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ab Hugh, the son of Hugh. Welsh.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Danish, Beu; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Bew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮ, Tibetan: བིའུ།) is borne by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bew.

How Common Is The Last Name Bew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 122,653rd most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,955,863 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Bew are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Bew is also the 881,625th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 113 people.

The last name Bew is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 2,578 people, or 1 in 297,543. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 100 percent reside, West Bengal, where 0 percent reside and Jharkhand, where 0 percent reside. Excluding India Bew occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Bew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Bew has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Bew last name expanded 108 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 432 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bew last name are 13.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the party.

The amount Bew earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 92.56% more than the national average, earning R 457,584 per year; in United States they earn 13.94% less than the national average, earning $37,132 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.41% more than the national average, earning $52,870 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bewe86595/
Beaw8643/
Beew8639/
Biew8623/
Bewz8621/
Beiw862/
Besw861/
Bewh861/
Bejw861/
Bhew861/
Bewt861/
Beawe7590/
Beïwe7527/
Bewsh758/
Beiwe754/
Bewhe754/
Beews753/
Bheew753/
Bgeew752/
Hbeew752/
Beeww751/
Beewz751/
Beejw751/
B'Ewe751/
Beshw751/
Bhewe751/
Behew751/
Beaws751/
Beewe751/
Beb67989/
Bev6794/
Biw6791/
Bef6729/
Bjw676/
Bhgeew675/
Byw674/
Beeyws673/
Beeshw673/
Beiweh672/
Beijwe671/
Beachw670/

Bew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﺑﻮabw-
Bew in the Tibetan language
བིའུ།bi'u-

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