Newsome Surname

16,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,773 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Newsome Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newsome' a village near Huddersfield; (a) 'of Newsholm,' a township in the parish of Gisburne, near Clitheroe, West Riding of Yorkshire Newsman is a curious modern corruption. It occurs in the Sheffield Directory.

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Newsome Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States28,0821:12,9071,604
England3,3891:16,4412,387
Australia8911:30,2984,053
Canada4311:85,4899,489
Jamaica2471:11,6191,199
New Zealand1941:23,3424,099
Ireland1801:26,1612,438
Wales901:34,3843,434
Scotland751:71,3845,479
France391:1,703,147154,208
Germany241:3,354,394150,996
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Panama41:978,06412,245
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
China21:683,660,78330,601
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland421:105,4736,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1281:11,4551,752
Scotland191:197,0117,414
Wales61:261,4039,165
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0111:49,6725,650

Newsome (83) may also be a first name.

Newsome Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Newsome' a village near Huddersfield; (a) 'of Newsholm,' a township in the parish of Gisburne, near Clitheroe, West Riding of Yorkshire Newsman is a curious modern corruption. It occurs in the Sheffield Directory. Alongside it is found the more correct Newsome. It is needless to say that Newsham, which see, is inextricably mixed up with the above.

Willelmus de Newsom (dwelling at Newsholm), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Alicia de Neusom, 1379: ibid.

Willelmus de Newsome, 1379: ibid.

Walter de Newsom, 4 Edward III; Freemen of York.

1618. Thomas Newsam, Warwickshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1694-5. John Newsum and Dorothy Summers: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

1744. Married — Richard Sare Newsome and Elizabeth Greame: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) Dweller At the New Houses [Old English níwe, new + húsum, dat. pl. of hús, a house] Newsholme, English Yorks, is also known as Newsham; Newsholme, near Gisburn, is also called Newsome; Newsom (Boldon Book, Newsom), Durham, is alternatively Newsham; Newsham, Gilling Wapentake, is Newhuson in Domesday Book, in which the Yorkshire Newsholmes occur as Newhuse; Newsham, N. Lancs, was Neusum A.D. 1252.

Adam de Neusum.—Cal. Inq. P.M., A.D. 1254.

John de Neusum.—Lanc. Fines, A.D. 1370.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from places now called Newsham, Newhouse, Newsam and Newsholme, all formerly spelled Neusum, or a similar spelling, and meaning “new houses,” all in England.

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

A location name in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire.

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

Newsome Last Name Facts

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

The last name Newsome is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Newsome? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,444th most widespread family name in the world, held by around 1 in 215,780 people. The surname Newsome occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Newsome reside; 84 percent reside in North America and 84 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Newsome is also the 1,052,971st most prevalent given name on earth It is held by 83 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 28,082 people, or 1 in 12,907. In The United States Newsome is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in England, where 10 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.

Newsome Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Newsome has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Newsome surname increased 2,778 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 429 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 395 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Newsome Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (80%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Newsome surname are 11.51% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.28% registered with the political party.

The amount Newsome earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 89.36% less than the national average, earning R 25,296 per year; in United States they earn 14.75% less than the national average, earning $36,783 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.81% more than the national average, earning $55,056 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newssome932/
Neewsome932/
Newshome931/
Newsom9215,027/
Newsume862/
Newsoma862/
Nawsome861/
Newsomt861/
Nowsome861/
Newsame861/
Newssom860/
Newcomee801/
Newsamme801/
Newcomea801/
Newcoome800/
Newsam77990/
Newsham712,939/
Ngiwsom718/
Newceme710/
Newsaum710/
Newcham570/

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Newsome Reference & Research

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