Dew Surname

28,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,769 people bear this surname

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

Dew Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Of Black or Dark Complexion [Gaelic dhu, dubh = Welsh dû, black, dark] 'These are Clan Alpine’s warriors true; And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu!'-Scott, Lady of the Lake, V. 9.

Dew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,0821:39,9104,911
England2,0881:26,6853,643
Bangladesh1,7121:93,0824,097
Australia1,3871:19,4632,700
Iran8951:85,7918,672
Canada5981:61,6157,211
India5161:1,486,56156,096
New Zealand4511:10,0411,746
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Indonesia2891:457,61037,931
Mauritania1601:25,5932,200
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Wales1421:21,7922,311
Pakistan771:2,320,05020,958
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Singapore561:98,3524,171
Thailand551:1,284,334183,539
Scotland511:104,9777,051
Malaysia341:867,47739,690
France281:2,372,240182,981
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
China141:97,665,8265,141
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5791:15,4372,285
Wales1631:9,622586
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6751:29,9813,636

Dew (4,671) may also be a first name.

Dew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Of Black or Dark Complexion [Gaelic dhu, dubh = Welsh dû, black, dark] 'These are Clan Alpine’s warriors true; And, Saxon, I am Roderick Dhu!'-Scott, Lady of the Lake, V. 9.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably from Eu in Normandy, commonly called la Ville d'Eu.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Probably from Eu, in Normandy, commonly called la Ville d'Eu. —Lower.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Or D’Eu, from Eu, Normandy. The family of De Augo or D’Eu was widely spread in England.

The Norman People (1874)

Dew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭ, Hindi: देव, Oriya: େଦୱ, Tibetan: དེའུ་) is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 28,612th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 388,276 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Dew reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 51 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Dew is also the 100,287th most widespread first name internationally, held by 4,671 people.

Dew is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 9,082 people, or 1 in 39,910. In The United States Dew is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 12 percent reside, California, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 89 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 9 percent reside.

Dew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dew surname grew 542 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 132 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it declined 13 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 567 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Dew surname are 7.07% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.84% being registered with the party.

The amount Dew earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 28.89% more than the national average, earning R 306,300 per year; in United States they earn 4.11% less than the national average, earning $41,376 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $52,658 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Diew8611,746/
Dewe862,316/
Deew8645/
Deuw8625/
Dhew8619/
Deaw8617/
Deiw8611/
Dewt865/
Tdew862/
Dewh862/
Dewf862/
Dehw861/
Deww861/
Dewz861/
Dhewe75169/
Deawe7559/
Dheew758/
D'Ews756/
Deejw755/
Dewhe754/
Dewtt753/
Hdeew753/
Deewe753/
Ddeiw752/
Ddhew751/
Dejvw751/
Dgeew751/
Dhiew751/
Dechw751/
Dewws751/
Deiwe751/
Deiwz750/
Dev67311,174/
Deb67239,503/
Def67234/
Diw6794/
Deeeew6730/
Tdeawe6721/
Dhehwe6716/
Dyw678/
Deiwth672/
Djw671/
Daheew671/
Deeweh671/
Deyweh671/
Devowa671/
Deeshw671/

Dew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dew in the Hindi language
देवdeva-
Dew in the Oriya language
େଦୱedawa-
Dew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺪﻭaldw73.81
ﺩﻭdw11.9
ﺍﺩﻭadw7.14
ﺩﻭﻩdwh2.38
ﺍﻟﻈﻮalzw2.38
ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻩaldwh2.38
Dew in the Tibetan language
དེའུ་dé'u71.43
དའུ་da'u14.29
དིའུ།di'u14.29

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