Last Name REW

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Meaning	Local: At the rew, a row, from residence therein. The shady side of a street.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	18,045 (2000 US census)	18,026 (1990 US census)

Count	1,425 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

81.12%, or 1156 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.04%, or 143 total occurrences, as black,
5.19%, or 74 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.12%, or 16 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.11%, or 30 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Surnames that make great first names

We do not really know what surnames will make great first name. It is just highly subjective. What we can tell you is what last names historically been used as first name. We do not know if they will be great. We just know they have been at some time...

Last Name REW

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Race / ethnic distribution

Scottish surnames

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Surnames that make great first names