McLew Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McLew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McLew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland161:334,61415,044
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland131:287,9409,345
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

McLew Last Name Facts

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

The last name McLew occurs more in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of McLew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McLew? popularity and diffusion

McLew is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname McLew is mostly found in Europe, where 64 percent of McLew reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 64 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname McLew is most numerous in Scotland, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 334,614. In Scotland it is most numerous in: Glasgow City, where 38 percent live, South Lanarkshire, where 38 percent live and Perth and Kinross, where 25 percent live. Not including Scotland it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 32 percent live and England, where 7 percent live.

McLew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McLew has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the McLew last name expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
McClew91108/
Mcleaw911/
McLewe910/
McClews830/
McElw801/
McGillew770/
McLeaf737/
McLeef734/
McKelw733/
McLevd731/
Mcleab731/
McLeva730/
McCleaf67625/
Mclf677/
McLeefe673/
Mzlw672/
McCleva672/
Mxlw671/
Mslw671/
McClefe671/
McCleef671/
McClief670/
McCleff670/
McGillw670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McLew
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