Tew Surname

33,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Tew Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tew,' two parishes in Oxfordshire, Great and Little Tew. This surname could also be derived from: 'tew', Welsh for 'fat'. It has early recorded use in Kerry, Montgomeryshire, but may have died out.

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Tew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3631:49,2275,968
Malaysia4,2791:6,893859
England2,5061:22,2343,110
Australia2741:98,52411,165
Senegal2561:56,951834
Canada2531:145,63514,918
Mauritania2151:19,0461,743
Wales1691:18,3111,977
Thailand1271:556,20795,235
New Zealand841:53,9098,584
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
China91:151,924,6187,954
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Philippines61:16,873,037249,062
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
France51:13,284,544357,392
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Malta11:430,2723,380
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2831:18,9992,731
Wales251:62,7373,061
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8991:55,8616,244

Tew (2,925) may also be a first name.

Tew Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Tew,' two parishes in Oxfordshire, Great and Little Tew. This surname could also be derived from: 'tew', Welsh for 'fat'. It has early recorded use in Kerry, Montgomeryshire, but may have died out.

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

(Celtic) Fax, Plump [Welsh tew] John le Tieu.—Chesh. Chmbrlns’. Accts., A.D. 1359-60.

(English) belonging to Tew (Oxon), 13th cent. Tiwe, Domesday Tewa, Tewe, Teowe [the Anglo-Saxon pers. name Teów(e, Tiw(e, with a local sufi. lost: the Anglo-Saxon Tiw, Mars, also denoted the Runic T] Cp. Tewin.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Welsh.) Fat, a corpulent person.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Tew is a name that has probably been confounded with Chew, also a Northamptonshire name. George Tew was rector of Lodington 200 years ago, and John Tewe was the incumbent of Collingtre in the reign of Henry VI. (Wh.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Tew Last Name Facts

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

Tew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮ) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 33,566th most common family name globally, borne by around 1 in 460,683 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 48 percent of Tew live; 48 percent live in North America and 48 percent live in Anglo-North America. Tew is also the 134,214th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,925 people.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 7,363 people, or 1 in 49,227. In The United States Tew is primarily concentrated in: North Carolina, where 27 percent live, Alabama, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname exists in 42 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 27 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Tew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Tew last name increased 819 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 676 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 242 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 214 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Tew Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Tew surname are 15.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Tew earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.19% more than the national average, earning R 406,812 per year; in United States they earn 5.9% less than the national average, earning $40,605 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $55,412 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tiew864,666/
Thew862,467/
Teuw862,302/
Tewe861,592/
Teiw8649/
Teaw8622/
Teew8613/
Tewf863/
Tejw862/
Tewt862/
Tevw861/
Tewh861/
Tesw861/
Thewe75374/
Theuw7550/
Thiew7544/
Tewhe7513/
Teewe758/
Teawe755/
Teiwe754/
Tejws754/
Tgeew753/
Theaw751/
Hteew751/
Teeww751/
Tiehw751/
Teb67881/
Tev67611/
Tiw67171/
Tef6773/
Teeweh6768/
Tjw678/
Tyw673/
Httewe672/
Htheew671/
Teejhw671/
Theewe671/
Theawe671/
Teschw670/

Tew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﻮtw90.91
ﺍﻟﺘﻮaltw4.55
ﺗﻴﻮtyw4.55

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