Pew Surname

127,177th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,569 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Pew Surname Definition:

1607. Baptised — Joan, d.

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Pew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1391:169,45317,142
Bangladesh8111:196,4946,734
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Canada911:404,89735,698
England811:687,87739,238
Scotland691:77,5925,787
Liberia391:113,0398,770
Afghanistan331:974,3399,366
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Wales111:281,32115,850
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
India61:127,844,230863,365
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Brunei11:418,7313,893
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1031:236,65417,592
Scotland311:120,7495,564
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0171:49,3795,625

Pew (1,975) may also be a first name.

Pew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Hugh,' a variant of Pugh, which see. (In the same way Hugh is found as Hew; compare Hew or Hewson for Hugh or Hughson.) Thus we find Pewes for Pughs:

1607. Baptised — Joan, d. John Pewes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

For several instances, v. Pugh.

Hugh Pue, of Hoole, 1685: Wills at Chester.

Lewis Pew, of Wigland, yeoman, 1698: ibid.

1808. Married — Thomas Collins and Hannah Pew: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

A contraction of the Welsh ap-Hew = Son of Hew or Hugh: v. Hew2, Hugh. [Welsh ap, ab, son] Cp. Pugh.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A mis-spelling of Pugh.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

For Pugh, from Ap-Hugh, son of Hugh. See also Pie.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Danish, Pugh; a personal name.

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

Pew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pew (Arabic: بيو, Tibetan: པི་འུ་) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 127,177th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,041,901 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Pew live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Pew is also the 170,317th most common forename on earth. It is borne by 1,975 people.

Pew is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,139 people, or 1 in 169,453. In The United States Pew is most prevalent in: California, where 10 percent live, Arizona, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States Pew exists in 34 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 5 percent live.

Pew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pew last name increased 210 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 21 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 223 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pew Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pew surname are 15.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.9% registered with the political party.

The amount Pew earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 10.43% more than the national average, earning $47,651 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.62% more than the national average, earning $57,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pewe86426/
Piew8652/
Phew8633/
Peew869/
Peaw867/
Peuw862/
Pewh862/
Pewt862/
Pehw861/
Ppew861/
Pewp861/
Peyw861/
Pewz860/
Peawe7549/
Peewe7521/
Ppeew759/
Phewe755/
Pheew753/
Pehwe753/
Phiew752/
Peiwe751/
Peevw751/
Hpeew751/
Peejw751/
Peesw751/
Peiwt750/
Pev671,184/
Peb6733/
Piw6728/
Pjw6711/
Pef677/
Pyw673/
Peeeew671/
Pheiwe671/
Pheawe671/

Pew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pew in the Tibetan language
པི་འུ་piu-
Pew in the Arabic language
بيوbyw-

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