Last Name TUER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The tewer, i.e. the tawyer, one who prepared or dressed skins. To tew, to toil hard (Furness dialect, North Lancashire).
The tewer, a dresser of leather, a currier.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 113,519 (2000 US census) 76,894 (1990 US census)
Count 143 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.11%, or 126 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 6.99%, or 10 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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