# Tew (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tew/  
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 | Welsh |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,247 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,470 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,842 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (5,053 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * English habitational surname from the villages of Great, Little and Duns Tew, in Oxfordshire, all from Old English tīewe (“row; lenghty object”) or tīwe (“meeting place, court”). * Welsh nickname for a fat man, from Welsh tew (“plump”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tew 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Similar surnames

Teo, Tee, Te, Tea, Thao, Thai, Tu, To, Ta, Toy, Tai, Tao.

## 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.