Last Name DREW

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Meaning	The son of Drew or Dru. Dru de Baladon introduced it, a follower of the Conqueror. Ser DRew Drury was keeper of Mary of Scotland. An illegitimate son of Charlemagne bore it, so probably it is Frankish. Drew enjoyed a fair share of public favour, but only took one diminutive, Druett or Drewett. Drew has nothing to do with Andrew. In the year 1400 Drew Barentyn, twice Lord Mayor of London, came before the Council, asking to have his name Drew set down in the list of those who possessed the freedom of the city, the scribe having entered it as Andrew. Drew, as a fontal name, survived the Reformation.

Origin	English, Jewish, Greek, Native American, Irish

Rank	1,451 (2000 US census)	1,301 (1990 US census)

Count	22,555 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

77.92%, or 17575 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.3%, or 3902 total occurrences, as black,
0.63%, or 142 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 133 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.8%, or 406 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.77%, or 399 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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