Find out how popular the last name Dewing is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Dewing.

Dewing, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Dewing surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Dewing in America

Dewing is the 29473rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dewing surname appeared 801 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Dewing.

We can also compare 2010 data for Dewing to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Dewing

The surname DEWING is of English origin, derived from the Old English word "deaw" meaning "dew." It likely originated as a topographic name for someone who lived near a particularly dewy area or meadow.

The name is first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "de Dewingis," referring to a family living in Dewings, now known as the village of Dewingshurst in Kent. This early spelling suggests the name may have originally referred to someone from that specific place.

One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name is Roger de Dewyngg, mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of Nottinghamshire in 1195. Another early example is William de Deuwynge, recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls of Berkshire in 1214.

In the 13th century, the name took on various spellings such as Dewyng, Dewynge, and Dewing. Richard Dewynge, from Buckinghamshire, is recorded in the Hundred Rolls of 1273. A later example is John Dewing, mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk in 1524.

Notable historical figures bearing the DEWING surname include Sir Edward Dewing (1570-1630), an English politician who served as High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Another is Thomas Dewing (1851-1938), an American painter renowned for his tonalist works and portraits of society women.

Other prominent individuals include Edmund Dewing (1855-1936), an American jurist and law professor at Columbia University, and Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), an American lawyer and legislator who served as a US Representative from Maryland.

Lastly, Cecil Willet Dewing (1893-1974) was a British architect best known for his work on the Regent Street Quadrant development in London in the late 1920s.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Dewing

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Dewing.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Dewing was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Dewing has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Dewing was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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