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    The surname Dews

    A surname, carried by 2,067 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex D200

    Dews: #14,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Dews #14,453, 2,067 people Dews: #14,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dews #14,453, 2,067 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dews is more common than 91.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,067 people named Dews in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,369 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,979.

    #14,453
    rank among US surnames
    2,067
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,989)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,447Hulme2,068149,297
    #14,453Lobb2,067149,369
    #14,458Fray2,066149,441

    Who is named Dews

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

    54% of people named Dews identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 54%
    • White (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dews

    Dews has the Soundex code D200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Dews?
    2,067 people in the United States had the surname Dews in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,369 Americans. It ranked 14,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dews?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Dews identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Dews getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,067 in 2010, up 4.4%.