Last Name CHEW

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Meaning Local: Of Chew. Two parishes, Chew-Magna and Chew-Stoke are situated in county Somerset. Also 'de Cheux,' a village nea Caen, in Normandy. John Chew settled in Virginia as early as 1624.
Encourage exhort.
Origin English, Chinese, Jewish, Korean, Native American, Irish

Rank 3,831 (2000 US census) 4,674 (1990 US census)
Count 8,516 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 39.42%, or 3357 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 14.22%, or 1211 total occurrences, as black,
  • 39.96%, or 3403 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 3.12%, or 266 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.75%, or 234 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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