How rare is the last name Lew?

7,305 people in the United States have the last name Lew, about 1 in 40,917. It ranks #4,705 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LEW

#4,705

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,305
About
1 in 40,917
This common or more
57.8%
Who bears it

Of the 7,305 people with the last name Lew, 68.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 18.5% as White and 6.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Lew

#4,702 Thibodeau · 7,310#4,702 Whiteman · 7,310#4,706 Tanaka · 7,304#4,707 Mosby · 7,301

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lew, most common first.

#19 Lee · 695,657#200 Le · 138,532#3,478 Lei · 10,011#4,125 Lea · 8,351#4,233 Leo · 8,092#6,747 Ley · 4,804#12,475 Leu · 2,373#39,536 Leh · 600

Also a first name

As a first name, Lew ranks #9,781 of 53,615, with 1,401 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 59 births. See Lew as a first name

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