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    The surname Tews

    A surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex T200

    Tews: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Tews #17,572, 1,600 people Tews: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Tews #17,572, 1,600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tews is more common than 89.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,600 people named Tews in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,591.

    #17,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,600
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #16,602)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Tews

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

    96% of people named Tews identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Tews

    Tews has the Soundex code T200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Tews?
    1,600 people in the United States had the surname Tews in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Tews?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Tews identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Tews getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,591 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, up 0.6%.