How common is the surname Dewar?

2,833 people in the United States had the surname Dewar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,982 Americans. It ranked 11,168th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Dewar?

Dewar is /ˈdjuːwə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Dewar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,833 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Dewar

A Scottish Gaelic occupational surname, carried by 2,833 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈdjuːwə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex D600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dewar is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

From Scottish Gaelic deòradh (“pilgrim, stranger”), an occupational surname for a custodian of holy relics. It could also be an habitational surname, from Dewar, Scottish Borders. The flask is named for James Dewar, who is credited with its invention.

Dewar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,833 people named Dewar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,982 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,680.

#11,168

rank among US surnames

2,833

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,900)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905
#11,163	Pittenger	2,834	108,943
#11,168	Dewar	2,833	108,982
#11,170	Gines	2,832	109,020
#11,172	Rothe	2,831	109,059
#11,174	Hornung	2,830	109,097

Who is named Dewar

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

78% of people named Dewar identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dewar

Dewar has the Soundex code D600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D600.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dewar come from?: From Scottish Gaelic deòradh (“pilgrim, stranger”), an occupational surname for a custodian of holy relics. It could also be an habitational surname, from Dewar, Scottish Borders. The flask is named for James Dewar, who is credited with its invention.
How common is the surname Dewar?: 2,833 people in the United States had the surname Dewar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,982 Americans. It ranked 11,168th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dewar?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Dewar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Dewar?: Dewar is /ˈdjuːwə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Dewar?: Dewar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Dewar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,833 in 2010, up 5.7%.