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    The surname Pew

    A Welsh surname, carried by 1,622 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P000

    Pew: #17,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pew #17,398, 1,622 people Pew: #17,398 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pew #17,398, 1,622 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pew is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    Welsh origin

    Less common spelling of Pugh, from Welsh ap + Huw.

    One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,622 people named Pew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,846.

    #17,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,622
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,755)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231
    #17,398Olaughlin1,622190,349
    #17,406Beaudette1,621190,466

    Who is named Pew

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

    84% of people named Pew identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Pew

    Pew has the Soundex code P000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P000.

    Other Welsh surnames

    All 60 Welsh surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pew come from?
    Less common spelling of Pugh, from Welsh ap + Huw.
    How common is the surname Pew?
    1,622 people in the United States had the surname Pew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. It ranked 17,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pew?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Pew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pew getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,846 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,622 in 2010, down 12%.