How common is the surname Drew?

23,722 people in the United States had the surname Drew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,015 Americans. It ranked 1,513th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Drew?

Drew is /dɹuː/, one syllable.

Is the surname Drew getting more or less common?

More common. 22,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,722 in 2010, up 5.2%.

Is Drew also a first name?

Yes. Drew is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Drew

A surname, carried by 23,722 people in the United States.

Pronounced /dɹuː/ 1 syllable Soundex D600 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Drew is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,722 people named Drew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,015 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,555.

#1,513

rank among US surnames

23,722

people in 2010

8.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,451)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,504	Hollingsworth	23,831	12,956
#1,505	Clement	23,830	12,956
#1,506	Devine	23,775	12,986
#1,507	Crockett	23,769	12,989
#1,508	Benavides	23,761	12,994
#1,509	Bullard	23,755	12,997
#1,510	Louis	23,738	13,006

Who is named Drew

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

76% of people named Drew identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Drew

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

Questions

Where does the surname Drew come from?: From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).
How common is the surname Drew?: 23,722 people in the United States had the surname Drew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,015 Americans. It ranked 1,513th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Drew?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Drew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Drew?: Drew is /dɹuː/, one syllable.
Is the surname Drew getting more or less common?: More common. 22,555 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,722 in 2010, up 5.2%.
Is Drew also a first name?: Yes. Drew is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.