Plews Surname

192,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,183 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Plews Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap- Lewis (Welsh), whence Plewis, Plews, now found also as Plues. One of these latter tells me his great grandfather wrote it Plews; compare Price, Pritchard, Ployd, &c. I lack absolute proof of the above derivation.

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Plews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3191:42,2435,403
United States2831:1,280,77490,005
Australia1751:154,26116,255
Canada1371:268,94625,310
Scotland911:58,8334,840
Wales491:63,1545,613
New Zealand481:94,34012,897
South Africa331:1,641,74981,435
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6741:36,1654,704
Wales261:60,3242,968
Scotland151:249,5488,553
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Plews Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap- Lewis (Welsh), whence Plewis, Plews, now found also as Plues. One of these latter tells me his great grandfather wrote it Plews; compare Price, Pritchard, Ployd, &c. I lack absolute proof of the above derivation.

Griffin Lewys, or Lews, 1518: Register of the University of Oxford.

1792. Married — Thomas Plews and Charlotte Boyce: St. George, Hanover Square.

1802. — Michael Francis Plues and Mary Birley: ibid.

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

(English) Plew’s (Son): v. Plew, Plow. (Celtic + Teutonic) perh. occasionally for Welsh Ap- Lewis = Son of Lewis, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ralph de Plus nigro, Normandy, 1130-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Ralph Plusneir 1198 (Ib.). Richard de Pleys, England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Flemish, Pluys; a personal name.$

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

Plews Last Name Facts

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

Plews is most common in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Plews click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Plews? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 192,807th most frequent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,338,317 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Plews are found; 68 percent are found in Northern Europe and 68 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 1,319 people, or 1 in 42,243. In England Plews is most numerous in: Durham, where 26 percent reside, North Yorkshire, where 14 percent reside and West Yorkshire, where 8 percent reside. Besides England Plews exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 8 percent reside.

Plews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Plews has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Plews last name expanded 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 832 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 607 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 188 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Plews Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Presbyterian (36%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Plews last name are 6.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Plews earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 138.41% more than the national average, earning R 566,544 per year; in United States they earn 10.24% more than the national average, earning $47,567 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.04% less than the national average, earning $49,662 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plew891,292/
Plws891/
Plows801,057/
Plebs8090/
Pleew809/
Pleiw801/
Plaws801/
Plefs800/
Plevs800/
Pleiwess772/
Plw758/
Pellew73997/
Phleew7312/
Pleejw731/
Peelws731/
Pillows67255/
Plev6775/
Plef6735/
Pellows6722/
Pelw674/
Pleb673/
Plfs672/
Plewová672/
Plhw672/
Phlw672/
Pplw671/
Plfe671/
Plehovs671/
Plvw671/
Plwf671/
Plbs671/
Hplw671/
Bplw671/
Pflw671/
Pylw670/

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