Carew is used as a family name or surname in Welsh. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carew
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: Derived from the castle of Carrw, in Wales. The castle by the water, consisting of Caer, castle or fort and ew, water

How popular is Carew?

Carew is common in England.

Carew is ranked 20921 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Carews grew by 11.02907 per cent to 2406 since 2000 and ranked 12817 after elevating 154 spots. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 77.39 82.65
Black 14.63 12.55
Others 3.2 1.85
Hispanic or Latino 3.03 1.98
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.08 0.65
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.32
Carew is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Sierra Leone which signifies that it is originated from Sierra Leone. Around 24741 people have been found who wears Carew as their family name. Carew is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
541,660 Russia8
9,053 Senegal5
718 Liberia4
108,034 Italy3
2,672 Mozambique3
8,993 Tunisia3
16,136 Kenya3
568 The Gambia2
219,873 France2
13,552 Qatar2
118,441 Germany2
18,035 Egypt2
10,284 Kuwait2
36,814 Romania1
2,374 Bermuda1
25,746 Finland1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
15,705 Cameroon1
4,249 Cambodia1
37,493 Austria1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
42,479 Greece1
49,529 Israel1
29,046 Japan1
36,678 Singapore1
11,923 Slovenia1
1,179 Swaziland1
47,891 Norway1
2,309 Monaco1
12,270 Lebanon1
492,292 Ukraine1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
573 Vanuatu1
14,373 Jordan1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
745 Barbados39
845 The Bahamas28
42,407 Sweden22
81,586 Spain17
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,305 Northern Ireland95
66,582 Argentina60
6,104 Wales56
8,843 Scotland53
Countries with hundreds of Carew:
3,085 Australia999
438 Namibia733
989 Ireland628
39,199 Philippines258
4,956 New Zealand154
1,057 Guyana125
1,709 Trinidad and Tobago103
Countries with thousands of Carew:
92 Sierra Leone7,690
3,607 Nigeria6,725
11,459 United States3,127
5,124 South Africa1,260
3,693 Canada1,252
5,951 England1,194
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old Catherine Carew who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 18, 1848 by Susan put out from Cork. Mary Carew, aged 11, Laurence Carew (30) Farmer, Bridget Carew, Bridget Carew, aged 2, 21 years old Mary Carew, Lunt Carew, aged 35, 36 years old Judith Carew, Thomas Carew, aged 6, and 15 other Carew around 42.86% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Carew Namesakes

  • Rita Carewe, Actress
  • James Carew, Actor
  • John Carew, Soccer player
  • Alyce S. Carew, TV Producer
  • Charles Carew, Politician
  • Angeline Carew-Jones, Kris Taenar Wiluan's daughter
  • Robert Carew, 1st Baron Carew, Politician
  • Jan Carew, Novelist
  • Reginald Pole Carew, Politician
  • Reginald Pole Carew, Politician

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