de Lew Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

de Lew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Lew Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

de Lew Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Lew is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of de Lew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Lew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 71 percent of de Lew live; 71 percent live in Australasia and 71 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequently held in New Zealand, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 905,665. In New Zealand it is primarily found in: Wellington Region, where 100 percent live. Barring New Zealand this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

de Lew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of de Lew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the de Lew last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Leuw92252/
de Leew9210/
de Leevw863/
de Lev832/
de Leva77309/
de Leef7722/
De-Leuw778/
de Leffe7130/
da Leb671/
di Leva622,456/
de Lova6224/
da Leva6217/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Lew
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