Frew Family History
Frew Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the Fords of Frew, a fortified
site on the Forth river, probably so called from a British element
frwd ‘current’, ‘stream’. This place was the lowest
crossing point on the river Forth, and so an important strategic
location in the Middle Ages.
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Name Distribution of Frew Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Frew families
 55 - 107  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Frew families
|
20 - 37 7 - 19 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Frew families
|
302 - 601 101 - 301 |
1 - 100 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Frew Family Origin
Frew Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Frew
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Frew Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Frew census records
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Frew Civil War Service Records
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