Dewy Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 7
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 8
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 20
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dewy Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dewy family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer 2
Male Servant 2
Laundress 1
Frame Work Knitter 1
Seamer 1
Sailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Female Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dewy

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dewy 21
William Dewy 19
George Dewy 13
Elizabeth Dewy 12
James Dewy 12
John Dewy 10
Sarah Dewy 9
Ann Dewy 8
Charles Dewy 7
Henry Dewy 7
Thomas Dewy 7
Alfred Dewy 6
Eliza Dewy 6
Walter Dewy 6
Emma Dewy 5
Emily Dewy 4
Robert Dewy 4
Samuel Dewy 4
Annie Dewy 3
Edward Dewy 3
Ellen Dewy 3
Harriett Dewy 3
Martha Dewy 3
Isabella Dewy 2
Louisa Dewy 2

Dewy Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dewey 80% 8,657
2 Dowey 60% 1,549
3 Dawey 60% 381
4 Adaway 50% 380
5 Dewy 100% 255
6 Deway 80% 149

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The surname Dewy is the 5th most popular variant of Dewey.

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