Tews Surname

72,469th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Tews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,9781:20,2382,681
United States2,1081:171,94417,341
Poland2111:180,13624,702
Canada1921:191,90418,895
Brazil1131:1,894,46360,739
Austria421:202,74825,305
New Zealand371:122,38715,192
Australia361:749,88148,970
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
England141:3,979,861125,553
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France41:16,605,680368,153
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:418,48930,805

Tews (19) may also be a first name.

Tews Last Name Facts

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

The last name Tews has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Tews.

How Common Is The Last Name Tews? popularity and diffusion

The surname Tews is the 72,469th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,071,225 people. The surname Tews is primarily found in Europe, where 63 percent of Tews reside; 59 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Tews is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name globally, held by 19 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 3,978 people, or 1 in 20,238. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent are found. Not including Germany this surname exists in 30 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Poland, where 3 percent are found.

Tews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Tews has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tews surname expanded 1,757 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tews Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Tews last name are 16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.77% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Tews earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.41% more than the national average, earning $46,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $49,931 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Toews898,660/
Thews89934/
Tiews89105/
Teuws897/
Taews895/
Tejws894/
Teiwes80776/
Theuws80525/
Teewes8018/
Thoews808/
Thiews801/
Teiwst801/
Tevs751,579/
Töws751,378/
Taws75407/
Tows75145/
Tefs75144/
Tebs7552/
Tyws7515/
Theiwes739/
Theewes736/
Tewsová731/
Toevs67344/
Teffs6748/
Thevs6747/
Thefs6742/
Tevsh6714/
Teyfs6713/
Thaws6713/
Teevs679/
Taevs678/
Tiefs677/
Tevst676/
Teefs676/
Teivs673/
Thows673/
Tovws673/
Tawsh672/
Tywes671/
Tiwse671/
Teifs671/
Thöws671/
Tievs670/
Tewce670/

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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
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  • 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 Tews
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