as a Last Name
- 20,621
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Newsome
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Yorkshire): habitational name from a place named with the Old English phrase (æt ðǣm) nēowan hūsum ‘(at the) new houses’. This and some of the variants listed below are common as place names in northern England. In the form Newsom, the surname is also established in Ireland, being the name of a Quaker family in County Cork.
| 1,503rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,621
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Newsome per capita
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