Yew 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 5
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 5
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

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

Yew Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Yew family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Cigar Maker 1
Compositor Print 1
Tailor Machinist 1
Turner (engineering) 1
General (domestic) 1
Brewer's Labourer 1
Labourer 1
Monthly Nurse Sick 1
Potter Mould Runner 1
Charwoman 1
Gardener Domestic 1
Fireman 1
Screw Bolt Cutter 1
General Labourer 1
Living On Own Means 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Yew

Name Census Frequency
William Yew 16
Elizabeth Yew 11
John Yew 7
Sarah Yew 6
Charles Yew 5
Mary Yew 5
Edward Yew 4
Alfred Yew 3
Annie Yew 3
Emma Yew 3
George Yew 3
Amelia Yew 2
Ann Yew 2
Chik Yew 2
Ethel Yew 2
Hannah Yew 2
Harold Yew 2
James Yew 2
Julia Yew 2
Lucy Yew 2
Martha Yew 2
Monica Yew 2
Sidney Yew 2
Thomas Yew 2
Ada Yew 1

Yew Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Yew 100% 133
2 Yaw 67% 115

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The surname Yew is the most popular version of all its varients

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