Mew Surname

139,207th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Mew Surname Definition:

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at the Falcons’, or the Fowls’, Place [Middle English mewe, mew, Old French mue, a mew, a moulting; Old French muer, Latin mutare, to change] Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 349.

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Mew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0521:52,9646,489
United States7081:511,94842,890
Australia3051:88,51010,201
South Africa2911:186,17820,298
Canada1911:192,90918,967
Indonesia1891:699,73154,319
Israel591:145,04515,356
Singapore511:107,9944,447
Malaysia461:641,17930,740
Mauritania451:90,9975,761
Thailand421:1,681,865216,672
Wales361:85,9597,098
India311:24,744,045333,161
New Zealand271:167,71618,432
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Pakistan181:9,924,66048,309
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
Papua New Guinea131:627,20974,307
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
France81:8,302,840321,660
China71:195,331,65210,124
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Guam11:160,1214,893
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6311:38,6304,949
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Mew (2,068) may also be a first name.

Mew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at the Falcons’, or the Fowls’, Place [Middle English mewe, mew, Old French mue, a mew, a moulting; Old French muer, Latin mutare, to change] Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe.—Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 349.

She findes forth comming from her darksome mew, Where she all day did hide her hated hew.—Spenser, Faerie Queene, I.v. 20.

(English) a nickname from the Gull [Old English mǽw, a sea-gull] John le Mew.—Close Rolls, A.D. 1292.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

1. This Isle of Wight name seems to be identical with Meax and Meaux, formerly located there, and the arms correspond. 2. "An enclosure; hence mews, the royal stables." Jamieson. The phrase "mewed up," in the sense of confined, seems to sanction this etymology.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Mewe; from the French, Mieux; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Mew Last Name Facts

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

Mew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻮ) is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Mew click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mew? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mew is the 139,207th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,268,850 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 35 percent of Mew are found; 35 percent are found in Northern Europe and 35 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 165,779th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 2,068 people.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 1,052 people, or 1 in 52,964. In England Mew is most frequent in: Hampshire, where 18 percent live, Isle of Wight, where 17 percent live and Greater London, where 16 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Australia, where 9 percent live.

Mew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mew has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 167 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 833 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mew surname are 4.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.05% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mew earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 102.31% more than the national average, earning R 480,768 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $41,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.49% more than the national average, earning $54,399 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mewe86420/
Meuw86122/
Meew8664/
Miew8662/
Meaw8634/
Meiw862/
Mewf862/
Mgew861/
Mewz861/
Mmew861/
Mehw861/
Mewh861/
Meawe7519/
Mhewe759/
Meesw756/
Meewh754/
Mewth753/
Mheew753/
Meiws752/
Mgeew752/
Hmeew752/
Mesws751/
Mgeyw751/
Meeww751/
Meejw751/
Mewtt751/
M'Mew751/
Meaws750/
Mev67438/
Mef67163/
Meb6750/
Miw6714/
Mefowa6713/
Mgeejw677/
Mheesw676/
Mjw675/
Myw673/
Meewws671/
Meevws671/
Mehewe671/
Meechw671/
Hmeesw671/
Meehsw671/

Mew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﻮamw73.68
ﺃﻣﻮamw26.32

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