Newsum Surname

465,182nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 724 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

Newsum 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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Newsum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4381:827,53263,418
England1881:296,37322,665
Guyana311:24,5882,860
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Trinidad and Tobago91:151,5538,353
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1021:238,97417,695
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1591:315,84124,783

Newsum 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

Newsum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Newsum is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Newsum click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Newsum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Newsum is the 465,182nd most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Newsum are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 827,532. In The United States Newsum is most frequent in: Texas, where 13 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 26 percent live and Guyana, where 4 percent live.

Newsum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Newsum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Newsum surname rose 275 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 184 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Newsum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Newsum last name are 4.45% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Newsum earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 108.18% more than the national average, earning R 494,724 per year and in United States they earn 2.96% more than the national average, earning $44,426 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Newsume922/
Newsaum920/
Newsom8315,027/
Newcum8371/
Newsun8311/
Newsoem771/
Newsoun771/
Newssom770/
Newcumm770/
Newson6710,438/
Newsson622/
Neewson621/
Newsonn621/
Nefson5010/

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Newsum Reference & Research

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