Clews is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Clews
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Clews

How popular is Clews?

Clews is common in England.

Clews is ranked 107441 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Clewses plummeted by 7.224335 per cent to 244 since 2000 and slipped by 8680 spots and ranked at 78316. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.08 95.44
Hispanic or Latino 4.1 3.04
Clews is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in England. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Malta. Around 3832 people have been found who wears Clews as their family name. Clews is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
21,529 Singapore2
1,500,361 India2
40,064 Nigeria2
1,777 Jersey2
30,360 Thailand1
810,193 Indonesia1
91,024 Belgium1
277,603 France1
53,505 Turkey1
172,258 Germany1
17,236 Ghana1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
5,553 Taiwan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
7,279 Wales45
557 Malta42
56,148 Spain32
Countries with hundreds of Clews:
5,279 Australia566
65,096 United States385
3,802 New Zealand201
30,064 South Africa183
23,922 Canada146
4,630 Scotland125
Countries with thousands of Clews:
3,706 England2,043
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Joseph Clews worked as immigrant and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 13 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Clifton and arrived on May 17, 1847. John Clews (8), Isabella Clews, aged 6, Joseph Clews (44) Immigrant, U Clews, aged 45, Workman Jas. Clews, 54 years old James Clews, are others that migrated to US.

Clews Namesakes

  • Natalia Revuelta Clews, Alina Fernández's mother
  • Hetty Clews, Author
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Elsie Clews Parsons, Anthropologist
  • Natalia Revuelta Clews, Alina Fernández's mother
  • In 2012, Richard Clews portrayed the role of Dick and First Scholar and Friar Sandelo in comedy, drama flick Doctor Faustus.

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