Kewish

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Kewish is a Celtic surname of Manx origin. It is a shortened form of Mac Uais, meaning "the noble's son". The surname was attested as Kewish in 1618, Kevish in 1653 and Kewesh in 1683.{{cite web |title=Manx Note Book Vol. ii 1886 pp153-158 - Manx Family Names |url=http://isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v08p153.htm |website=isle-of-man.com |access-date=26 May 2024}} As of 2016, there were 31 British people with the surname, compared to 93 in 1881.{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Coates |first2=Richard |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland |date=17 November 2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-967776-4 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764-e-22407 |access-date=26 May 2024 |chapter=Kewish}} As of 2010, there were 149 people surnamed Kewish in the United States.{{cite book |last1=Hanks |first1=Patrick |last2=Lenarčič |first2=Simon |last3=McClure |first3=Peter |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=30 November 2022 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-024511-5 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780190245115.001.0001/acref-9780190245115-e-38290 |access-date=26 May 2024 |chapter=Kewish}} Notable people with the surname include:

• John Kewish (d. 1872), last person executed in the Isle of Man
• John T. Kewish, American firearm inventor
• Tori Kewish, Australian darts player