Dewey Surname
Approximately 22,110 people bear this surname
Dewey Surname Definition:
The Welsh Dewi, a form of David, q.v. Dewi Sant, or Saint David, the patron- saint of Wales, flourished in the sixth century.
Dewey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17,594 | 1:20,601 | 2,600 |
| England | 2,286 | 1:24,374 | 3,366 |
| Canada | 617 | 1:59,717 | 7,040 |
| Argentina | 396 | 1:107,938 | 9,124 |
| Australia | 269 | 1:100,356 | 11,341 |
| South Africa | 221 | 1:245,148 | 25,005 |
| Philippines | 122 | 1:829,822 | 78,168 |
| Mexico | 83 | 1:1,495,496 | 16,204 |
| Iran | 58 | 1:1,323,837 | 55,038 |
| Northern Ireland | 52 | 1:35,481 | 3,447 |
| New Zealand | 51 | 1:88,791 | 12,412 |
| Wales | 47 | 1:65,841 | 5,810 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Switzerland | 17 | 1:483,113 | 34,678 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Norway | 15 | 1:342,819 | 32,589 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,262 | 1:19,315 | 2,775 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,086 | 1:9,874 | 1,269 |
Dewey (31,090) may also be a first name.
Dewey Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The Welsh Dewi, a form of David, q.v. Dewi Sant, or Saint David, the patron- saint of Wales, flourished in the sixth century.
(Welsh) Descendant of little Dew, a pet form of David (beloved).
Walter de Dounai was a great baron and lord of Bampton and Were, under William the Conqueror. In Domesd. he occurs as a tenant in capite in the counties of Devon, Wilts, Dorset, and Somerset. He is sometimes called Walscinus. It is probable that he came from Douay in France.
Dewi, in the Welsh, is a contraction or rather a corruption of David.
Dewey Demographics
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Dewey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dewey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dewey is the 24,456th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 329,604 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Dewey reside; 81 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 27,161st most widespread first name in the world, held by 31,090 people.
It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 17,594 people, or 1 in 20,601. In The United States Dewey is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 9 percent live and Michigan, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 68 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Dewey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dewey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dewey surname expanded 346 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 4,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dewey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (63%) in Ireland.
In The United States Dewey are 14.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.5% registered with the party.
The amount Dewey earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 26.24% less than the national average, earning 255,272 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 84.89% more than the national average, earning R 439,368 per year; in United States they earn 6.5% more than the national average, earning $45,953 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.92% less than the national average, earning $47,240 CAD per year.
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