How common is the surname Rew?

1,197 people in the United States had the surname Rew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rew?

In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Rew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

Is the surname Rew getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, down 16%.

The surname Rew

A surname, carried by 1,197 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rew is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,197 people named Rew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. That is down 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,425.

#21,736

rank among US surnames

1,197

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-16%

change since 2000 (was #18,045)

Who is named Rew

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

82% of people named Rew identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 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 Rew

Rew has the Soundex code R000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R000.

Questions

How common is the surname Rew?: 1,197 people in the United States had the surname Rew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,933 Americans. It ranked 21,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rew?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Rew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Rew getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,425 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,197 in 2010, down 16%.