Last Name DEWEY

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Meaning The son of Dewin, popularly Dewy. The domesday form of this personal name was Derewin, one of the endless compounds of '-win.'
'Dewi,' in the Welsh, is a contraction or rather a corruption of David.
Origin English, Irish, Belgian, Zimbabwean

Rank 2,716 (2000 US census) 2,841 (1990 US census)
Count 12,174 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.39%, or 11369 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.75%, or 213 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.52%, or 63 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.68%, or 205 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.46%, or 178 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.2%, or 146 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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