Lew Family History
Lew Name Meaning
Polish: from the personal name Lew ‘lion’, adopted as a
translation of Leon (see Lyon 2).Jewish
(Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Lev.English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a hill or burial-mound, Old
English hl?w, or a habitational name from Lew in
Oxfordshire, named with this word.Chinese : variant of
Liu 1.
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Name Distribution of Lew Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lew families
 127 - 251  43 - 126 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lew families
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33 - 63 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lew families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lew Family Origin
Lew Immigration Information
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Lew Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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