# Lew (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/lew/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,410 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,775 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,666 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (7,304 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ljuː/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lew in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 72% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 5.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lew in the United States.

## People named Lew

- Jack Lew, American lawyer and diplomat
- James Lew, American actor
- Elizabeth Van Lew, American civil war spy (1818-1900)

## Similar surnames

Lee, Le, Lea, Leo, Lei, Ley, Leu, Loew, Liew, Leh, Loewe, Li.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.