In-Law Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

In-Law Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: In & Law.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

In-Law Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
England21:27,859,030389,889
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

In-Law Last Name Facts

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

In-Law is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of In-Law click here.

How Common Is The Last Name In-Law? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 38 percent of In-Law live; 29 percent live in North America and 29 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 20 percent live, Florida, where 20 percent live and Massachusetts, where 20 percent live. Not including The United States In-Law is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent live and England, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inlaw9124/
in Law8324/
An-Ulaw772/
Ainlaow771/
An-Olaw771/
An-Alaw771/
Inilhaw771/
Inlow731,513/
Anlaw731/
Enlaw730/
Inilow6717/
Anolaw677/
Anulaw674/
Onloaw673/
Onlaew671/
Annlaw671/
Innlow670/
Enelaw670/
Analauw6219/
Unlayaw623/
Ounlaaw621/
Yenwlaw621/
Ayinalew571/
Onwahlaw571/
O'Hanlaw570/
Enlow553,945/
Anlew556/
Anlow556/
Onlow551/
Enelow5075/
Onalow500/

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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
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  • 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 In-Law
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