Drews
A surname usually from the medieval given name Drew, itself a shortened form of Andrew or sometimes from Drogo/Drew.
The #8,862 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 83,558 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Drews is generally a patronymic surname meaning "son of Drew." In English records, Drew was used as a short form of Andrew, from the Greek name Andreas, meaning "manly" or "brave." Some early writers also allowed a second source from the Norman name Drogo, which appears in medieval records and can overlap in form with Drew.
History
The name is documented in medieval England in several spelling forms, including Drew, Drewe, Drewes, and Drews. It was especially common in areas where Norman and English naming traditions mixed, and later settled into hereditary surname use. The related spelling Druce is also noted in older surname dictionaries as a close variant.
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Fun fact
Some 19th-century surname writers linked the family name not only to Andrew, but also to Drogo, a Norman personal name borne by a few Domesday-era landholders.
From the historical record
“Andrew, Andrawes, An- drews.— Bapt. 'the son of An- drew'; V. Anderson. This name waa very popular in the 13th century. As the Dame of the patron saint and knightly cham- pion of Scotland, as title of the”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances