Tew Surname
Approximately 15,819 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameTew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,363 | 1:49,227 | 5,968 |
| Malaysia | 4,279 | 1:6,893 | 859 |
| England | 2,506 | 1:22,234 | 3,110 |
| Australia | 274 | 1:98,524 | 11,165 |
| Senegal | 256 | 1:56,951 | 834 |
| Canada | 253 | 1:145,635 | 14,918 |
| Mauritania | 215 | 1:19,046 | 1,743 |
| Wales | 169 | 1:18,311 | 1,977 |
| Thailand | 127 | 1:556,207 | 95,235 |
| New Zealand | 84 | 1:53,909 | 8,584 |
| South Africa | 70 | 1:773,967 | 53,253 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,283 | 1:18,999 | 2,731 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:62,737 | 3,061 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:311,935 | 9,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 899 | 1:55,861 | 6,244 |
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.
(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.
(Welsh.) Fat, a corpulent person.
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.).
Tew Demographics
Average Tew Salary in
United States
$40,605 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiew | 86 | 4,666 | / |
| Thew | 86 | 2,467 | / |
| Teuw | 86 | 2,302 | / |
| Tewe | 86 | 1,592 | / |
| Teiw | 86 | 49 | / |
| Teaw | 86 | 22 | / |
| Teew | 86 | 13 | / |
| Tewf | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tejw | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tewt | 86 | 2 | / |
| Tevw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tewh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Tesw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thewe | 75 | 374 | / |
| Theuw | 75 | 50 | / |
| Thiew | 75 | 44 | / |
| Tewhe | 75 | 13 | / |
| Teewe | 75 | 8 | / |
| Teawe | 75 | 5 | / |
| Teiwe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tejws | 75 | 4 | / |
| Tgeew | 75 | 3 | / |
| Theaw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hteew | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teeww | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tiehw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Teb | 67 | 881 | / |
| Tev | 67 | 611 | / |
| Tiw | 67 | 171 | / |
| Tef | 67 | 73 | / |
| Teeweh | 67 | 68 | / |
| Tjw | 67 | 8 | / |
| Tyw | 67 | 3 | / |
| Httewe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Htheew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teejhw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theewe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theawe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teschw | 67 | 0 | / |
Tew Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮ | tw | 90.91 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻮ | altw | 4.55 |
| ﺗﻴﻮ | tyw | 4.55 |
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