Glews Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Glews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299

Glews Last Name Facts

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

The surname Glews occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Glews? popularity and diffusion

Glews is the 3,665,662nd most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Glews reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Glews is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England it is mostly found in: Shropshire, where 56 percent reside, West Midlands, where 33 percent reside and Hampshire, where 4 percent reside. Barring England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 3 percent reside and Wales, where 3 percent reside.

Glews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Glews has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Glews last name increased 270 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glew892,811/
Gleew80117/
Glaws8016/
Glebs8016/
Gilws8011/
Glows804/
Gleww801/
Nglew801/
Glevs801/
Glwsh801/
Glw7527/
Gleibs73287/
Ghliew734/
Gellew731/
Gillew730/
Gleavs730/
Gleb67686/
Ghlw6743/
Glhw6737/
Ghleejw677/
Gglw675/
Gillows674/
Glev674/
Glebowa673/
Glwz672/
Glww672/
Ngellew671/
Guillew671/
Glvs671/
Ghellew671/
Gljw671/
Qglw671/
Nglw671/
Gliw671/
Kglw671/
Glwf671/
Gllw671/
Glef671/

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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
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  • 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 Glews
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