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The LAWLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,347 12168 0.001 9
United States (1880 census) 452 10483 0.001 9
Change since 1880 +1895 -1685 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 174 8543 0.001 11
United Kingdom 1,970 2993 0.004 43
Top States for LAWLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 760 986 0.017 171
Texas 214 8539 0.001 10
California 202 12486 0.001 6
Pennsylvania 150 10009 0.001 12
Florida 139 12802 0.001 9
Top States for LAWLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 760 986 0.017 171
Idaho 22 8148 0.002 17
Oklahoma 56 7236 0.002 16
Colorado 68 7958 0.002 16
Vermont 9 8951 0.001 15

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LAWLEY live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LAWLEY represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LAWLEY in Alabama than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LAWLEY by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of LAWLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the LAWLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the LAWLEY surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of LAWLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 50 2.13
White (Hispanic) 42 1.79
Native American/Alaskan 34 1.45
Mixed Race 25 1.07
Asian/Pacific 17 0.72
White (Caucasian) 2,179 92.84

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LAWLEY surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of LAWLEY in historical publications

(origin: Saxon.) A place in the hundred of Blackburn, Shropshire, from Law, low, and ley, a place, lea, or pasture.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to LAWLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LAWLEY.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for LAWLEY

The following words are slight variants of LAWLEY that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.