Chew Surname
Approximately 90,428 people bear this surname
Chew Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Chew.' Two parishes, Chew-Magna and Chew-Stoke, are situate in Somerset; (a) 'de Cheux,' a village near Caen, in Normandy. This latter suggestion is Lower's (Pair. Brit.). Of course (1) is the natural derivation of most of the representatives of this surname.
Read More About This SurnameChew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 52,476 | 1:562 | 67 |
| United States | 12,769 | 1:28,386 | 3,532 |
| Singapore | 10,357 | 1:532 | 92 |
| Thailand | 3,569 | 1:19,792 | 1,623 |
| Australia | 2,774 | 1:9,732 | 1,450 |
| England | 2,636 | 1:21,137 | 2,980 |
| Canada | 1,143 | 1:32,236 | 4,185 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Mexico | 585 | 1:212,182 | 5,593 |
| Guatemala | 475 | 1:33,858 | 1,963 |
| Hong Kong | 394 | 1:18,618 | 428 |
| United Arab Emirates | 379 | 1:24,175 | 2,727 |
| Philippines | 327 | 1:309,597 | 43,505 |
| China | 263 | 1:5,198,941 | 462 |
| Fiji | 251 | 1:3,563 | 644 |
| New Zealand | 246 | 1:18,408 | 3,224 |
| Brunei | 165 | 1:2,538 | 444 |
| Qatar | 94 | 1:25,085 | 2,628 |
| Indonesia | 80 | 1:1,653,115 | 108,474 |
| Japan | 72 | 1:1,775,615 | 26,312 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| France | 55 | 1:1,207,686 | 126,065 |
| India | 54 | 1:14,204,914 | 239,375 |
| Scotland | 54 | 1:99,145 | 6,812 |
| Switzerland | 45 | 1:182,509 | 16,410 |
| Ireland | 43 | 1:109,510 | 5,657 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Panama | 29 | 1:134,905 | 4,585 |
| Bermuda | 27 | 1:2,418 | 390 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Vietnam | 21 | 1:4,411,717 | 2,377 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 1:717,487 | 10,371 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,516 | 1:16,079 | 2,364 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,934 | 1:25,966 | 3,194 |
Chew (31,806) may also be a first name.
Chew Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. (1) 'of Chew.' Two parishes, Chew-Magna and Chew-Stoke, are situate in Somerset; (a) 'de Cheux,' a village near Caen, in Normandy. This latter suggestion is Lower's (Pair. Brit.). Of course (1) is the natural derivation of most of the representatives of this surname. It has ramified strongly in America. John Chew settled in Virginia as early as 1634 (v. Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.)
1667. Thomas Chew, of Woodplumpton: Wills at Richmond.
1766. Married — John Chew and Jane Gifford: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 belonging to Chew, which may take its name from the River Chew; or both river- and place-name may be from the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Ceawa.
2 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Ceawa [doubtless from Old English ceówan, to chew, eat]
(English, Chinese) One who came from Chew (river of the chickens); dweller near the river Chew, in England; one who came from Chew, a province in China.
A parish of Somerset. Cheux, a village near Caen in Normandy.
From Chew Magna, a parish in Somerset. There are also Chewstoke and Chewton-Mendip in the same county. Lower suggests also Cheux, a village near Caen, in Normandy.
William de Cayou, in Normandy, 1180-1195, and as De Kaen, 1198 (Mag. Rot. Scac.); John, Nicholas, and Walter le Keu or De Keu, in England, c. 1270 (Rot. Hund.).
(English), Chwfr (Celtic), Swift, Rapid? A river in co. Somerset. In 1383, John Chew was Chaplain of Salisbury.
The Hon. Samuel Chew was Chief Justice of Newcastle, Pa., and d. 1744. His son, the Hon. Benjamin Chew, was Chief Justice of Pennsylvania before the Revolution; and, in 1790, was appointed President of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of the same State. He d. 1810.
From Chew; a location name in Somerset.
The name of Chew has its present home in the Oundle district. The Chews of Dunstable, in the neighbouring county of Bedfordshire, were a notable family in the 17th century; some of them, who attained high position as London merchants, preferred to be buried in the town of their birth. One of the family was sheriff of Beds ("Bib. Topog. Brit.").
Chew Demographics
Average Chew Salary in
United States
$46,521 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chew Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chew (Tibetan: ཆེའུ་) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chew? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,257th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 80,589 people. The last name Chew occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Chew live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 58 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 26,669th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 31,806 people.
The surname Chew is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 52,476 people, or 1 in 562. In Malaysia Chew is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 32 percent reside, Johor, where 17 percent reside and Penang, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Malaysia this surname exists in 80 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Singapore, where 11 percent reside.
Chew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Chew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Chew surname expanded 660 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 174 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 331 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 444 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Chew Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Chew last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Chew surname are 8.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.68% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Chew earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 342.53% more than the national average, earning 1,531,510 kr per year; in United States they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning $46,521 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.25% more than the national average, earning $57,260 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chewe | 89 | 43,331 | / |
| Chiew | 89 | 11,103 | / |
| Schew | 89 | 57 | / |
| Cheaw | 89 | 27 | / |
| Cheew | 89 | 4 | / |
| Cheiw | 89 | 3 | / |
| Cheww | 89 | 2 | / |
| Hew | 86 | 12,035 | / |
| Cew | 86 | 30 | / |
| Tchewe | 80 | 200 | / |
| Cheywe | 80 | 139 | / |
| Scheew | 80 | 58 | / |
| Schiew | 80 | 7 | / |
| Schews | 80 | 2 | / |
| Cheiwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| D'Chew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chewch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kkchew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scheuw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cheeww | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cheehw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schewp | 80 | 0 | / |
| Hiew | 75 | 8,579 | / |
| Shew | 75 | 4,043 | / |
| Cheb | 75 | 3,457 | / |
| Khew | 75 | 1,272 | / |
| Hewe | 75 | 669 | / |
| Chef | 75 | 669 | / |
| Chiw | 75 | 466 | / |
| Heew | 75 | 334 | / |
| Chev | 75 | 247 | / |
| Heiw | 75 | 8 | / |
| Heaw | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ciew | 75 | 6 | / |
| Hesw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Czew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chjw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xcew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Xhew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cevw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cewt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cewz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cehw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cihw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cqew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hcew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cews | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ceaw | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hewz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Uamchew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chhgeew | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chief | 67 | 2,668 | / |
| Cheff | 67 | 973 | / |
| Cheva | 67 | 916 | / |
| Chife | 67 | 567 | / |
| Cephe | 67 | 320 | / |
| Scheb | 67 | 242 | / |
| Chiev | 67 | 223 | / |
| Shiew | 67 | 220 | / |
| Chiwe | 67 | 187 | / |
| Chefe | 67 | 147 | / |
| Cheav | 67 | 143 | / |
| Khiew | 67 | 140 | / |
| Cheif | 67 | 139 | / |
| Kehew | 67 | 111 | / |
| Schef | 67 | 111 | / |
| Cheib | 67 | 81 | / |
| Cheab | 67 | 78 | / |
| Hseew | 67 | 64 | / |
| Chehb | 67 | 57 | / |
| Chaiw | 67 | 42 | / |
| Heawe | 67 | 41 | / |
| Heiwe | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sheew | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kheew | 67 | 18 | / |
| Cheph | 67 | 17 | / |
| Cheef | 67 | 15 | / |
| Jheew | 67 | 14 | / |
| Cheiv | 67 | 10 | / |
| Chevs | 67 | 10 | / |
| Zheiw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kheaw | 67 | 9 | / |
| Schev | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ciewe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kchev | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hewtt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Heshw | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cheev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khewe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tchef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chujw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sheaw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heewz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hkeew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hjeew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heejw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hsiew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheuv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chebh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hessw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chyfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dchef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Z'Hew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shews | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sheiw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thzew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zchev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tchev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chywe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chheb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zheew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chayw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chevz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jehew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hevwp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heehw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heesw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heewt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hkews | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hewss | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heaws | 67 | 0 | / |
| Scews | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sheuw | 67 | 0 | / |
Chew Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chew in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཆེའུ་ | ché'u | - |
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