Newsome

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

After one or more places so named in Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English (æt þǣm) nīwe hūsum (“(at the) new houses”).[1]

Proper noun

Newsome (plural Newsomes)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Newsome is the 1491st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23958 individuals. Newsome is most common among White (57.53%) and Black/African American (37.88%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Newsome”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 664.
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