Quew Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Quew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Quew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:4,286,005132,302
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Quew Last Name Facts

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

Quew occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quew? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Quew live; 72 percent live in Northern Europe and 72 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England Quew is most common in: Devon, where 92 percent are found and Isle of Wight, where 8 percent are found. Apart from England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 11 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Quew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Quew has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Qew868/
Kquewe804/
Queb75944/
Quef7513/
Quev755/
Kuew752/
Qiew752/
Qewe752/
Quiw752/
Qeew751/
Qews751/
Qewt751/
Cuew751/
Cqew751/
Kuewe67117/
Quief6770/
Queff6718/
Queab673/
Guejw671/
Kquev671/
Qeews671/
Quife671/
Quiev671/
Quebh671/
Kuhew671/
Guewf671/
Couew671/
Kuehw671/
Queeb671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Quew
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