Thew Surname
Approximately 2,467 people bear this surname
Thew Surname Definition:
(English) Servant, Bondsman, Slave [Middle English theow, O.E, þeów, þeówa] "... and pá þeówan drincað medo”
( , . . and the thews drink mead).—Ohthereand Wulfstan (K. Alfred).
Thew Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 764 | 1:474,423 | 40,290 |
| Australia | 566 | 1:47,696 | 5,965 |
| England | 555 | 1:100,393 | 10,603 |
| Malaysia | 262 | 1:112,573 | 7,518 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| New Zealand | 80 | 1:56,604 | 8,933 |
| Ireland | 23 | 1:204,736 | 8,142 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 393 | 1:62,024 | 7,207 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 160 | 1:313,867 | 24,665 |
Thew (428) may also be a first name.
Thew Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Servant, Bondsman, Slave [Middle English theow, O.E, þeów, þeówa] "... and pá þeówan drincað medo”
( , . . and the thews drink mead).—Ohthereand Wulfstan (K. Alfred).
Thew Demographics
Thew Political Affiliation
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Thew Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Thew Come From? nationality or country of origin
Thew is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Thew? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 174,030th most frequently used last name globally, held by around 1 in 2,954,011 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 32 percent of Thew live; 32 percent live in North America and 32 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 415,075th most common forename on earth, held by 428 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 764 people, or 1 in 474,423. In The United States Thew is most frequent in: Washington, where 15 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States Thew exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 23 percent reside and England, where 22 percent reside.
Thew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Thew has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Thew surname rose 478 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 141 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 329 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Thew Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Methodist (57%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Thew last name are 18.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.1% being registered with the party.
The amount Thew earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.07% less than the national average, earning $41,824 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.8% more than the national average, earning $52,067 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thewe | 89 | 374 | / |
| Theuw | 89 | 50 | / |
| Thiew | 89 | 44 | / |
| Theaw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Tew | 86 | 15,819 | / |
| Htheew | 80 | 1 | / |
| Theewe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Theawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tiew | 75 | 4,666 | / |
| Teuw | 75 | 2,302 | / |
| Tewe | 75 | 1,592 | / |
| Thev | 75 | 54 | / |
| Teiw | 75 | 49 | / |
| Teaw | 75 | 22 | / |
| Teew | 75 | 13 | / |
| Tewf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Tejw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tewt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Thiw | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tewh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thyw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tesw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tevw | 75 | 1 | / |
| Theawtt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Thiwe | 67 | 576 | / |
| Thief | 67 | 63 | / |
| Thevs | 67 | 47 | / |
| Theav | 67 | 16 | / |
| Thefe | 67 | 16 | / |
| Tewhe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Theif | 67 | 9 | / |
| Teewe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Thaiw | 67 | 6 | / |
| Teawe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Tejws | 67 | 4 | / |
| Teiwe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Tihwe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tephe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Theff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tgeew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thiev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Thetf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Theef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Teeww | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tyhwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tiehw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Theuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hteew | 67 | 1 | / |
| Teheb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thjwz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thefz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Theaf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Tiphe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Thew
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