Rew
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Rew is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and Welsh, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lanarks; Argyll. locative name from Middle English rew (Old English rāw) ‘row’.
- GBUnited Kingdom1 in 144K◐
- USUnited States1 in 250K
- CACanada1 in 173K
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Meaning & origin●
Main GB Location (1881): Lanarks; Argyll. locative name from Middle English rew (Old English rāw) ‘row’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a hedgerow or in a row of houses in a street, or toponymic, signifying someone who lived in a place so named, such as Rewe (Devon), Rew Farm in Rockbeare (Devon), and Rew in Malborough (Devon). See also Raw (1) and Row .
Sources 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 10,589 | 74% |
| GB United Kingdom | 1,341 | 9% |
| CA Canada | 395 | 3% |
| AU Australia | 347 | 2% |
| IN India | 66 | 1% |
≈12,738 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
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Languages●
- English13K91%
- Welsh2842%
- Spanish2182%
- Arabic671%
- Hindi651%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 13,048 | 91% |
| Welsh | 284 | 2% |
| Spanish | 218 | 2% |
| Arabic | 67 | 1% |
| Hindi | 65 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Robert Henry Rewb. 1858British statistician
- Noel Ackroyd Rewb. 1880GBarchitect
- Charles Rewb. 1898GBBritish rower
- Kimberley Rewb. 1951GBEnglish composer, songwriter and musician
- Quentin Rewb. 1984NZNew Zealand racewalker
- James Rewb. 2004GBEnglish cricketer (born 2004)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.4K | #18,045 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.2K | #21,736 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,835 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 33 | #8,022 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1988 | 10 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1986 | 8 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1984 | 8 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1979 | 8 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1994 | 7 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1992 | 7 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1982 | 7 | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 86 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Rew?
- Our records include 12,738 bearers of Rew across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Rew have the most bearers?
- Rew is most frequently recorded in the United States.
- What does the name Rew mean?
- Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lanarks; Argyll. locative name from Middle English rew (Old English rāw) ‘row’.
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