de Law Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hong Kong
Highest density in:
Hong Kong

de Law Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Law Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Law Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Law Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Law occurs more in Hong Kong more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Law? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most prevalent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of de Law live; 67 percent live in East Asia and 67 percent live in Sino-East Asia.

This surname is most commonly held in Hong Kong, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 3,667,742. Without taking into account Hong Kong it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Lauw92355/
de Lauwe863/
de Low838/
de Lab835/
da Law831/
de Louw771,226/
de Leuw77252/
de Laaf77135/
de Lova7724/
de Lowe7712/
de Lafe779/
de Lof671/
de Loof62930/
De-Leuw628/
de Loub628/
de Loff622/
De-Lafe621/
de Looff57707/
de Hlophe531/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Law
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