Kew is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kew
No. of characters: 3
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kew

How popular is Kew?

Kew is common in South Africa.

Kew is ranked 57530 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kews grew by 6.98324 per cent to 383 since 2000 and ranked 53913 after elevating 107 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.21 89.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 7.57 7.54
Others 2.87 1.4
Hispanic or Latino 1.83 0
Kew is quite popular family name mostly used in Malaysia while Singapore is ahead in terms of density. Around 8085 people have been found who wears Kew as their family name. Kew is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,525 Mauritania8
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
1,219,338 India3
6,270 Hong Kong3
35,969 Denmark2
4,104 South Korea2
12,844 Pakistan2
5,936 Bahrain2
883 Macau2
40,256 Mexico2
172,258 Germany1
37,493 Austria1
10,683 Cyprus1
58,885 Poland1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,847 Albania1
9,498 Iceland1
13,606 Senegal1
8,859 Iraq1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,207 Ireland1
118,015 Netherlands1
66,560 Philippines1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,814 Romania1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,551 Qatar39
15,547 New Zealand36
3,338 Thailand27
36,547 Switzerland27
75,986 Spain20
442,509 Russia12
70,910 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,180 Scotland85
104,075 Brazil64
6,104 Wales56
141,377 Indonesia52
Countries with hundreds of Kew:
807 Singapore580
48,602 United States550
8,301 Canada492
6,402 Australia451
Countries with thousands of Kew:
1,017 Malaysia3,212
5,692 England1,258
6,137 South Africa1,059
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margaret Kew was 16 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 10, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as maid and took Devonshire from Liverpool. George Kew (16) Farm Laborer, Workman John Kew, Mary Kew (21) Workwoman, Anne Kew, aged Born at sea, Pat Kew, aged 29, are other Kew that migrated to US.

Kew Namesakes

  • Lai Kew Chai, Judge
  • Lai Kew Chai, Judge
  • Dolly Kewell, Sheree Murphy's daughter
  • Tay Kewei, Singer-songwriter
  • Alex Kew, Actor
  • Hitesh Kewalya, Screenwriter
  • Jeremy Kewley, Actor
  • Lala Kewal Krishnan Sikand, Pran's father
  • Lai Kew Chai, Judge
  • Lai Kew Chai, Judge
  • Hannah Kew played leading role of Vivian in 2014 drama and horror flick You (Us) Me.

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