Drews Surname

21,544th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Drews Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Drew,' or 'Dm' (Drogo in Domesday). Dm de Baladon introduced it, a follower of the Conqueror (Yonge). Sir Drew Drury was keeper of Mary of Scotland. An Illegitimate son of Charlemagne bore it, so probably it is Frankish.

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Drews 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
Germany16,6321:4,840579
United States5,3091:68,2737,938
Brazil1,0871:196,9417,591
Poland6701:56,7298,942
Canada3631:101,50311,010
Denmark2811:20,0882,005
Australia2601:103,83011,687
South Africa1171:463,05738,677
Argentina851:502,86437,103
Sweden651:151,48910,616
Switzerland591:139,20213,535
England481:1,160,79354,689
Austria371:230,14727,778
Uruguay301:114,39210,866
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Estonia231:57,47010,794
Norway181:285,68329,080
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Finland131:422,82327,659
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Colombia111:4,343,09717,306
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
France101:6,642,272293,169
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Guam81:20,0153,029
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Paraguay51:1,447,34911,454
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Albania21:1,457,02824,967
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Guernsey71:4,665827
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2711:185,30916,412

Drews (63) may also be a first name.

Drews Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Drew,' or 'Dm' (Drogo in Domesday). Dm de Baladon introduced it, a follower of the Conqueror (Yonge). Sir Drew Drury was keeper of Mary of Scotland. An Illegitimate son of Charlemagne bore it, so probably it is Frankish. Drew enjoyed a fair share of public favour, but only took one diminutive, Druett or Drewett, which see. Drew has nothing to do with Andrew. In the year 1400 Drew Barentyn, twice Lord Mayor of London, came before the Council, asking to have his name Drew set down in the list of those who possessed the freedom of the city, the scribe having entered it as Andrew (Riley's Memorials of London). Drew, as a fontal name, survived the Reformation.

1583. Buried — Drew, Sonne of Nicholas Hewet: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1620. Married — Drue Simonds and Elizabeth Willington: St. Dionis Backchurch.

William fil. Drogonis, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Eborard Dru, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Isouda Drewe, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

Gilbert Dreu, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Johannes Drewe, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus Drue, 1379: ibid.

Richard Drue, or Drew, bailiff of Norwich, 1392: History of Norfolk.

1527. John Drewes and Dame Elizabeth Vemey: Marriage Lic. (London).

Druce is a modern but inevitable variant of Drews; compare Ellice for Ellis, or Evance for Evans, but v. Druce (a).

1803. Married — James Druce and Sarah Dutton: St. George, Hanover Square.Stolen from Fore-bears

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A common surname in the Campsie Commissariot Record. Drewe, capellanus, charter witness in reign of Alexander II (Scon, p. 62). John Drew and James Drw were tenants of the bishop of Glasgow in 1512, and Patrick Drw was renter of the land of Badirmonoch in 1517 (Rental). A John Drew is mentioned in 1526 (Cambus., 141), William Drew was a witness in Glasgow in 1552 (Protocols, I) and John Drew, maltman, became burgess freeman in Glasgow in 1577 (Burgesses). John Drew, heir of Patrick Drew in Jaw, 1581 (Retours, Stirling, 353).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Drew’s (Son): v. Drew.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Drew, Dru or Drogo (carrier), or of Drew, a pet form of Andrew (manly).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

1. Drogo, an early Norman personal name, was so anglicised. 2, It is a common nickname for Andrew. 3. Dreux, a town of Brittany. At the time of the Norman survey, Herman de Dreuues was a tenant-in-chief in Herefordshire. There is a Le Dreu in H.R.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Drews Political Affiliation
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Sample size: 1,255 (2014)

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Drews Last Name Facts

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

The last name Drews is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Drews click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drews? popularity and diffusion

It is the 21,544th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 288,285 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 71 percent of Drews are found; 66 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,234,572nd most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 63 people.

The last name Drews is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 16,632 people, or 1 in 4,840. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent reside. Not including Germany this last name exists in 57 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Drews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Drews has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Drews surname increased 1,959 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 209 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Drews Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Drews last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Drews surname are 14.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.96% being registered with the political party.

The amount Drews earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 25.86% more than the national average, earning 435,580 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.3% more than the national average, earning R 254,976 per year; in United States they earn 9.05% more than the national average, earning $47,055 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.5% more than the national average, earning $52,414 CAD per year.

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