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    The surname Dew

    A surname, carried by 6,252 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D000

    Dew: #5,561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dew #5,561, 6,252 people Dew: #5,561 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dew #5,561, 6,252 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dew is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,252 people named Dew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,383 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,180.

    #5,561
    rank among US surnames
    6,252
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,193)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,555Milne6,25849,336
    #5,557Gilligan6,25749,344
    #5,560Rood6,25449,368
    #5,561Dew6,25249,383
    #5,562Duffey6,25149,391

    Who is named Dew

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Dew identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Dews

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Eddie Dew
      American actor and director (1909-1972)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dew

    Dew has the Soundex code D000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dew?
    6,252 people in the United States had the surname Dew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,383 Americans. It ranked 5,561st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dew?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Dew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Dew?
    Eddie Dew, American actor and director (1909-1972).
    Where is the surname Dew most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dew in the United States.
    Is the surname Dew getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,180 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,252 in 2010, up 1.2%.