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
Average Male Dewey Height
177.52 cm
Average Female Dewey Height
163.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Dewey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dewey is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewey? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,456th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 329,604 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Dewey live; 81 percent live in North America and 80 percent live in Anglo-North America. Dewey is also the 27,161st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 31,090 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 17,594 people, or 1 in 20,601. In The United States Dewey is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent reside, New York, where 9 percent reside and Michigan, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States Dewey occurs in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.
Dewey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dewey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing 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 declined 75 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Dewey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (63%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Dewey surname are 14.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.5% being 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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