Last Name NEWSOME

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Meaning	Local: Of Newsome, a village near Huddersfield; also 'of Newsholm,' a township in the parish of Gisburne, near Clitheroe, West Riding Yorks. Newsman is a curious corruption. It first occures in the Sheffield Directory. Alongside it is found the more correct Newsome.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	1,438 (2000 US census)	1,096 (1990 US census)

Count	22,803 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

58.81%, or 13410 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
37.67%, or 8590 total occurrences, as black,
0.23%, or 52 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.27%, or 62 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.8%, or 410 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.22%, or 278 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

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